Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Conduct \Con"duct\ (k[o^]n"d[u^]kt), n. [LL. conductus defense,
   escort, fr. L. conductus, p. p. of conducere. See {Conduce},
   and cf. {Conduit}.]
   1. The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

            Christianity has humanized the conduct of war.
                                                  --Paley.

            The conduct of the state, the administration of its
            affairs.                              --Ld.
                                                  Brougham.

   2. Skillful guidance or management; generalship.

            Conduct of armies is a prince's art.  --Waller.

            Attacked the Spaniards . . . with great impetuosity,
            but with so little conduct, that his forces were
            totally routed.                       --Robertson.

   3. Convoy; escort; guard; guide. [Archaic]

            I will be your conduct.               --B. Jonson.

            In my conduct shall your ladies come. --Shak.

   4. That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a
      conduit; an instrument. [Obs.]

            Although thou hast been conduct of my shame. --Shak.

   5. The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal
      deportment; mode of action; behavior.

            All these difficulties were increased by the conduct
            of Shrewsbury.                        --Macaulay.

            What in the conduct of our life appears So well
            designed, so luckily begun, But when we have our
            wish, we wish undone?                 --Dryden.

   6. Plot; action; construction; manner of development.

            The book of Job, in conduct and diction. --Macaulay.

   {Conduct money} (Naut.), a portion of a seaman's wages
      retained till the end of his engagement, and paid over
      only if his conduct has been satisfactory.

   Syn: Behavior; carriage; deportment; demeanor; bearing;
        management; guidance. See {Behavior}.