decency

Etymology

From Latin decentia, from decens. Compare French décence. See decent.

noun

  1. The quality of being decent; propriety.
    Immodest words admit of no defence, / For want of decency is want of sense. 1684, Wentworth Dillon, An Essay on Translated Verse
    Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency? 1954, Joseph N. Welch, June
  2. That which is proper or becoming.

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