
noun
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
Decency is the quality or state of conforming to social or moral standards of taste and propriety.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sømmelighed, ærbarhed, regler for god opforsel
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Nederlands (Dutch)
fatsoen(lijkheid)
Français (French)
n. - décence, bienséance, pudeur
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Deutsch (German)
n. - Anstand, Schicklichkeit
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ευπρέπεια, κοσμιότητα, σεμνότητα, αιδημοσύνη (κν. τσίπα)
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - decência (f), bons costumes (m pl)
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Español (Spanish)
n. - decencia, decoro
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - anständighet, ärbarhet
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
得体, 宽容, 礼貌
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 得體, 寬容, 禮貌
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한국어 (Korean)
n. - 봐 줄만 함, 단정함, 예의 범절
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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
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العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) كرم الأخلاق, الحشمه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - הגינות, צניעות
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