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decencies

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de·cen·cy  (dsn-s)
n. pl. de·cen·cies
1. The state or quality of being decent; propriety.
2. Conformity to prevailing standards of propriety or modesty.
3. decencies
a. Social or moral proprieties.
b. Surroundings or services deemed necessary for an acceptable standard of living.
decencies [ˈdiːsənsɪz]
pl n
1. the. those things that are considered necessary for a decent life
2. another word for proprieties


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To live no longer with the decencies even of a private gentleman
Persuasion by Austen, Jane View in context
Here all the decencies of civilisation are swept away, and you feel that men are face to face with a sombre reality.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
In the progress of events at these islands, the two classes are receding from each other; the chiefs are daily becoming more luxurious and extravagant in their style of living, and the common people more and more destitute of the necessaries and decencies of life.
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