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decency

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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.
decency
Noun
conformity to the prevailing standards of what is right
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.decency - the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
correctitude, properness, propriety - correct or appropriate behavior
modesty, modestness - freedom from vanity or conceit
indecency - the quality of being indecent
2.decency - the quality of being polite and respectable
reputability, respectability - honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation
decency
noun 1. propriety, correctness, decorum, fitness, good form, respectability, etiquette, appropriateness, seemliness
2. courtesy, grace, politeness, good manners, civility, good breeding, graciousness, urbanity, courteousness, gallantness
Translations
decency [ˈdiːsənsɪ] n → decencia
decency [ˈdiːsənsɪ] n → décence f
decency [ˈdiːsənsɪ] n (propriety) → Anstand m;
(kindness) → Anständigkeit f
decency [ˈdiːsənsɪ] n → decenza


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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.
Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context
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?
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
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.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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