Formal, literary term for a person's manner, posture, and overall comportment. Rare in casual speech; more common synonyms include 態度 (たいど) or 振る舞い (ふるまい).
His bearing had an air of elegance.
In old novels, the characters' deportment is described in detail.
Compound of 挙 (action, behavior) and 止 (stop, deportment). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of bearing or deportment.