decency

(dē'sən-sē)
n., pl., -cies.

1. The state or quality of being decent; propriety.
2. Conformity to prevailing standards of propriety or modesty.
3. decencies
   1. Social or moral proprieties.
   2. Surroundings or services deemed necessary for an acceptable standard of living.

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noun

1. A sense of propriety or rightness: conscience, grace. See right/wrong.
2. Conformity to recognized standards, as of conduct or appearance: comeliness, correctness, decentness, decorousness, decorum, properness, propriety, respectability, respectableness, seemliness. See usual/unusual.
3. The condition of being chaste: chastity, innocence, modesty, purity, virginity, virtue, virtuousness. See good/bad, restraint/unrestraint, sex/asexual.

n

Definition: respectable behavior
Antonyms: immodesty, immorality, impropriety, indecency, obsceneness, obscenity

Quotes:

"We are decent 99 percent of the time, when we could easily be vile." - R. W. Riis

"Don't overestimate the decency of the human race." - H. L. Mencken

"Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed." - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

"No law reaches it, but all right-minded people observe it." - Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort

See words rhyming with "decency."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Decency.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sømmelighed, ærbarhed, regler for god opforsel

idioms:

• have the decency    for anstændighedens skyld

Nederlands (Dutch)
fatsoen(lijkheid)

Français (French)
n. - décence, bienséance, pudeur

idioms:

• have the decency    avoir la décence de

Deutsch (German)
n. - Anstand, Schicklichkeit

idioms:

• have the decency    Anstand aufweisen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ευπρέπεια, κοσμιότητα, σεμνότητα, αιδημοσύνη (κν. τσίπα)

idioms:

• have the decency    έχω την καλοσύνη

Italiano (Italian)
decenza

idioms:

• have the decency    avere la decenza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - decência (f), bons costumes (m pl)

idioms:

• have the decency    ter a decência

Русский (Russian)
достоинство

idioms:

• have the decency    хватило вежливости

Español (Spanish)
n. - decencia, decoro

idioms:

• have the decency    tener el decoro de, tener la consideración de

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - anständighet, ärbarhet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
得体, 宽容, 礼貌

idioms:

• have the decency    很得体

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 得體, 寬容, 禮貌

idioms:

• have the decency    很得體

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 봐 줄만 함, 단정함, 예의 범절

idioms:

• have the decency    ~할 정도의 예의가 있다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 見苦しくないこと, 体面, 礼儀, 適切さ, 人並みのもの, 秩序正しさ

idioms:

• have the decency    親切にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كرم الأخلاق, الحشمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הגינות, צניעות‬

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