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decency - 3 dictionary results
de⋅cen⋅cy
[dee-suh
n-see]
–noun, plural -cies.
| 1. | the state or quality of being decent. |
| 2. | conformity to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc. |
| 3. | decencies,
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Origin:
1560–70; < L decentia comeliness, decency, equiv. to decent- (s. of decēns) fitting (see decent ) + -ia n. suffix
1560–70; < L decentia comeliness, decency, equiv. to decent- (s. of decēns) fitting (see decent ) + -ia n. suffix

Synonyms:
2. decorum, respectability, gentility.
2. decorum, respectability, gentility.
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Decency
De"cen*cy\, n.; pl. Decencies. [L. decentia, fr. decens: cf. F. d['e]cence. See Decent.]1. The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum; modesty. Observances of time, place, and of decency in general. --Burke. Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of decency is want of sense. --Roscommon. 2. That which is proper or becoming. The external decencies of worship. --Atterbury. Those thousand decencies, that daily flow From all her words and actions. --Milton.
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Language Translation for : decency
Spanish:
decencia, decoro,
German:
der Anstand,
Japanese:
きちんとして品位のあること
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