Decency

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  • noun. The state or quality of being decent; propriety.
  • noun. Conformity to prevailing standards of propriety or modesty.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Social or moral proprieties.
  • noun. Surroundings or services deemed necessary for an acceptable standard of living.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state or quality of being decent, fit, suitable, or becoming; propriety of action, speech, dress, etc.; proper formality; becoming ceremony; modesty; specifically, freedom from ribaldry or obscenity.
  • noun. That which is decent or becoming.
  • noun. Synonyms Decorum, suitableness, neatness, purity, delicacy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. That which is proper or becoming.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the quality of being decent; propriety
  • noun. That which is proper or becoming.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the quality of being polite and respectable
  • noun. the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
  • Word Usage
    "By any definition of the word "decency" it's been a long time since"