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in·de·cen·cy

(ĭn-dē′sən-sē)

n. pl. in·de·cen·cies

1. The state or quality of being unseemly or immodest.

2. Something that is indecent.

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indecency

(ɪnˈdiːsənsɪ)

n, pl -cies

1. the state or quality of being indecent

2. an indecent act, etc

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in•de•cen•cy

(ɪnˈdi sən si)

n., pl. -cies.

1. the quality or state of being indecent.

2. an indecent act, remark, etc.

[1580–90; < Latin]

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Noun	1.	indecency - the quality of being indecent improperness, impropriety - an improper demeanor immodesty - the trait of being vain and conceited enormity, outrageousness - the quality of being outrageous bawdiness, lewdness, obscenity, salaciousness, salacity - the trait of behaving in an obscene manner decency - the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
	2.	indecency - an indecent or improper act impropriety misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed - improper or wicked or immoral behavior obscenity - an obscene act

indecency

noun obscenity, impurity, lewdness, impropriety, pornography, vulgarity, coarseness, crudity, licentiousness, foulness, outrageousness, immodesty, grossness, vileness, bawdiness, unseemliness, indelicacy, smuttiness, indecorum They were found guilty of acts of gross indecency.
purity, decency, delicacy, modesty, propriety, decorum, seemliness

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indecency

noun

An improper act or statement:

impropriety, indecorum, indelicacy.

Translations

قِلَّة إحْتِشام، فُحْش

neslušnost

uanstændighed

Unanständigkeit

indécence

szemérmetlenség

skortur á velsæmi, smekkleysi

indecenza

açık saçıklıkedepsizlik

下流

indecency

[ɪnˈdiːsnsɪ] N → indecencia f
see also gross E

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

indecency

[ɪnˈdiːs^ənsi] n → indécence f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

indecency

n → Unanständigkeit f, → Anstößigkeit f; act of indecency (Jur) → unsittliches Verhalten

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

indecency

[ɪnˈdiːsnsɪ] n → indecenza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

indecent

(inˈdiːsnt) adjective

offending against accepted standards of sexual or moral behaviour; not modest. indecent clothing.

inˈdecency noun

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As for his calling me "Lovelace," he had intended no rudeness or indecency thereby.

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He drank, and sung, and roared; and when I gave him a gentle hint of the indecency of his actions, he fell into a violent passion, swore many oaths, called me rascal, and struck me." "How!" cries Allworthy; "did he dare to strike you?" "I am sure," cries Blifil, "I have forgiven him that long ago.

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Members of the family and intimate friends were told by Daniel Jansenius that the widower had acted in a blackguard way, and that the Janseniuses did not care two-pence whether he came or stayed at home; that, but for the indecency of the thing, they were just as glad that he was keeping away.

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The indecency of anyone being cheerful at such a time struck him forcibly.

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In the instance under consideration, I did think the indecency of running on in that way might occur to him; but no, the child was saved and he was glad, that was sufficient--he cared not a straw for MY feelings, or my loss of such a literary plum, snatched from my very mouth at the instant it was ready to drop into it.

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Welland exclaimed when her mother's last plan was hinted to her; and from this unthinkable indecency the clan recoiled with a collective shudder.

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Philip laughed savagely as he thought of her gentility and the refinement with which she ate her food; she could not bear a coarse word, so far as her limited vocabulary reached she had a passion for euphemisms, and she scented indecency everywhere; she never spoke of trousers but referred to them as nether garments; she thought it slightly indelicate to blow her nose and did it in a deprecating way.

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And they were not namby-pamby oaths, or mere expressions of indecency. Each word was a blasphemy, and there were many words.

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This is an amusement to sharpen the intellect; it has a sting--it has what we call satire, and wit without indecency. Four-and-sixpence--five shillings."

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Or is the same control to be extended to other artists, and are they also to be prohibited from exhibiting the opposite forms of vice and intemperance and meanness and indecency in sculpture and building and the other creative arts; and is he who cannot conform to this rule of ours to be prevented from practising his art in our State, lest the taste of our citizens be corrupted by him?

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"The prosecution of this Verloc will demonstrate to the public both the danger and the indecency."

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I began to nauseate the place I was in and, about all, the wicked practice; and yet I must say that I never saw, or do I believe there was to be seen, the least indecency in the house the whole time I was there.