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after-conduct en · NOUN

Etymology

From after- + conduct.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Subsequent behavior.
    • She went to live as housekeeper with a lady, the widow of a respectable tradesman in Portsmouth; before long the son, a man worthy of her, as his after-conduct proved, fell in love with her. 1869, Mary Botham Howitt, Love and Money: An Every-day Tale, page 41:
    • This is further borne out by his after-conduct. (Exodus 18) 2013, Alfred Edersheim, Bible History: Old Testament:
    • But even, for the sake of argument, allowing the disputant his point, that William did really but affect the belief of Russell's fidelity, what shall be said of his after-conduct ? 1833, Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen, Historical Memoirs of the House of Russell: