On one hand, the local mores seemed oppressive to me as an American woman.

Leon hesitated, not wishing to invade her solitude, and also being uncertain of the local mores in these matters.

She exacted revenge in Domestic Manners of the Americans, a witty, scathing account of local mores, and especially of American hypocrisy about slavery.

In a nod to local mores, U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama donned a headscarf on her visit to Jakarta's Istiqlal mosque earlier this month.