1. CONVICTION   firm belief   courteous respect   standard for judging   general agreement   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. CONFORMIST   comradeship   follower of rules   readiness to obey   compulsion   Half-n-half Clue   3. CONFLUENCE   meeting   courteous respect   mercy   self-satisfaction   Half-n-half Clue   4. DEGRADATION   humiliation   person falsely claiming expertise   propriety   follower of rules   Half-n-half Clue   5. COMPLIANCE   unpredictability   mercy   readiness to obey   comradeship   Half-n-half Clue   6. CONGREGATION   propriety   assembly of people   humiliation   overused phrase   Half-n-half Clue   7. COMPOSURE   frankness   assembly of people   calmness   comradeship   Half-n-half Clue