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indecency

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FCC & indecency
New report discusses FCC regulation of broadcast indecency.
www.firstamendmentcenter.org

in⋅de⋅cen⋅cy

  [in-dee-suhn-see]
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–noun, plural -cies for 4.
1. the quality or condition of being indecent.
2. impropriety or immodesty.
3. obscenity or indelicacy.
4. an indecent act, remark, etc.
Origin:
1580–90; < L indecentia. See indecent, -ency
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FCC & indecency
New report discusses FCC regulation of broadcast indecency.
www.firstamendmentcenter.org
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 indecent.

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