Decency

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The state or quality of being decent; propriety.
  • n. Conformity to prevailing standards of propriety or modesty.
  • n. Social or moral proprieties.
  • n. Surroundings or services deemed necessary for an acceptable standard of living.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the quality of being decent; propriety
  • n. That which is proper or becoming.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. That which is proper or becoming.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
  • n. That which is decent or becoming.
  • n. Synonyms Decorum, suitableness, neatness, purity, delicacy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the quality of being polite and respectable
  • n. the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    seemliness    modesty   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    indecency   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    decorum    modesty    prudence    honesty    politeness    self-respect    cleanliness    fairness    morality    self-control