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decency [ˈdiːsənsɪ] n pl -cies
1. (Sociology) conformity to the prevailing standards of propriety, morality, modesty, etc. 2. the quality of being decent ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
decency noun 1. propriety, correctness, decorum, fitness, good form, respectability, etiquette, appropriateness, seemliness His sense of decency forced him to resign. 2. courtesy, grace, politeness, good manners, civility, good breeding, graciousness, urbanity, courteousness, gallantness He did not have the decency to inform me of his plans. Translations decency [ˈdiːsənsɪ] N 1. (= propriety) → decencia f, decoro m to have a sense of decency → tener sentido del decoro offence against decency → atentado m contra el pudor 2. (= politeness) → educación f it is no more than common decency to let him know → hay que avisarle, aunque sólo sea por una cuestión de educación 3. (= kindness) → bondad f, amabilidad f he had the decency to phone me → tuvo la amabilidad de llamarme 4. decencies → buenas costumbres fpl decency n (= good manners etc) → Anstand m; (of dress etc) → Anständigkeit f; (of behaviour) → Schicklichkeit f; decency demands that … → der Anstand fordert, dass …; it’s only common decency to … → es gehört sich einfach, zu …; have you no sense of decency? → haben Sie denn kein Anstandsgefühl!; for decency’s sake → anstandshalber; he could have had the decency to tell me → er hätte es mir anständigerweise auch sagen können; I hope you’ll have the decency to tell me → ich hoffe, du wirst die Anständigkeit besitzen, es mir zu sagen decency [ˈdiːs/ənsɪ] n (moral sense) → rispetto per i valori umani; (propriety) → decenza, decoro he has no sense of decency → non ha un minimo di rispetto to have the decency to do sth → avere la decenza di fare qc out of common decency → per gentilezza, se non altro decency [ˈdiːs/ənsɪ] n (moral sense) → rispetto per i valori umani; (propriety) → decenza, decoro he has no sense of decency → non ha un minimo di rispetto to have the decency to do sth → avere la decenza di fare qc out of common decency → per gentilezza, se non altro How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I wish you could get Reginald home again on any plausible pretence; he is not at all disposed to leave us, and I have given him as many hints of my father's precarious state of health as common decency will allow me to do in my own house. It is also necessary to know what tribunals in different places should have different things under their jurisdiction, and also what things should always come under the cognisance of the same magistrate; as, for instance, decency of manners, shall the clerk of the market take cognisance of that if the cause arises in the market, and another magistrate in another place, or the same magistrate everywhere: or shall there be a distinction made of the fact, or the parties? In the second place, he knows that my faithful services, rendered through a period of twenty years, to his father and to himself, forbid him, in common decency, to cast me out helpless on the world without a provision for the end of my life. |
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