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Definition of Decency
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Decency
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. That which is proper or becoming. Related Definitions:
Becoming, Behavior, Being, Ceremony, Decent, Discourse, Form, Formality, Freedom, From, Hence, In, Indecorum, Intercourse, Is, Modesty, Obscenity, Of, Or, Proper, Propriety, Quality, Seemliness, Social, State, Suitable, That, The, Which |
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Decency Quotations
Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed. Francois de La Rochefoucauld A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her. W. C. Fields Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense. Marcus Tullius Cicero It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. H. L. Mencken Don't overestimate the decency of the human race. H. L. Mencken |
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Decency Translations
decency in French is courtoisie decency in German is Anstand {m}, Schicklichkeit {f} decency in Spanish is decencia |
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