n.
1.manner of acting or conducting yourself
2.the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances
3.(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
4.(psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation
Idiom of the Day
in and of itself
considering one thing alone
In and of itself there is no problem having a large number of people at the dinner. However, the fire regulations do not allow that many people to be in the building