In-decency

noun, plural in·de·cen·cies for 4.

the quality or condition of being indecent.

impropriety or immodesty.

obscenity or indelicacy.

an indecent act, remark, etc.

Origin:
1580–90; < Latin indecentia. See indecent, -ency

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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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