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Postby Josef » Tue Sep 21, 2004 6:19 pm

If you do something out of courtesy, you do it to be polite, for the sake of politeness.

Even though he was angry with Jane, out of courtesy he thanked her.

courtesy = polite behaviour
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prayer of the Reverend Eli Jenkins in Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas
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