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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
decency
n 1: the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and
morality [ant: indecency]
2: the quality of being polite and respectable
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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Observances of time, place, and of decency in
general. --Burke.
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Immodest words admit of no defense,
For want of decency is want of sense. --Roscommon.
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2. That which is proper or becoming.
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The external decencies of worship. --Atterbury.
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Those thousand decencies, that daily flow
From all her words and actions. --Milton.
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Thesaurus Results for decency:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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