chivalrousness
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He was surprised, however, that she should have halted before his door, and with tremulous indignation, said,— "I thank you, sir, for your chivalrousness in turning a defenseless woman into ridicule."
From Clarence by Bret Harte
The Turks helped him to his feet, with a care that showed a certain chivalrousness, and supported between them he limped after his machine.
From Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad by Herbert Strang
His love, his forbearance, his chivalrousness had been in vain.
From The Light of Scarthey by Egerton Castle
It exaggerates its own energy and spirit of enterprise, its sense of humour and its chivalrousness towards women.
From The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations by Harry Perry Robinson
She was more than content with Cora's abandonment of him, though, as chivalrousness was not demanded of her, she would have preferred that he should have been the jilt.
From The Flirt by Booth Tarkington
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