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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
indecency
n 1: the quality of being indecent [ant: decency]
2: an indecent or improper act [syn: indecency, impropriety]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Indecency \In*de"cen*cy\, n.; pl. Indecencies. [L. indecentia
unseemliness: cf. F. ind['e]cence.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The quality or state of being indecent; lack of decency,
modesty, or good manners; obscenity.
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2. That which is indecent; an indecent word or act; an
offense against delicacy.
[1913 Webster]
They who, by speech or writing, present to the ear
or the eye of modesty any of the indecencies I
allude to, are pests of society. --Beattie.
Syn: Indelicacy; indecorum; immodesty; impurity; obscenity.
See Indecorum.
[1913 Webster]
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
INDECENCY. An act against good behaviour and a just delicacy. 2 Serg. & R.
91.
2. The law, in general, will repress indecency as being contrary to
good morals, but, when the public good requires it, the mere indecency of
disclosures does not suffice to exclude them from being given in evidence. 3
Bouv. Inst. n. 3216.
3. The following are examples of indecency: the exposure by a man of
his naked person on a balcony, to public view, or bathing in public; 2
Campb. 89; or the exhibition of bawdy pictures. 2 Chit. Cr. Law, 42; 2 Serg.
& Rawle, 91. This indecency is punishable by indictment. Vide 1 Sid. 168; S.
C. 1 Keb. 620; 2 Yerg. R. 482, 589; 1 Mass. Rep. 8; 2 Chan. Cas. 110; 1
Russ. Cr. 302; 1 Hawk. P. C. c. 5, s. 4; 4 Bl. Com. 65, n.; 1 East, P. C. c.
1, s. 1; Burn's Just. Lewdness.
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Thesaurus Results for indecency:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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