decency

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

grace character justice godliness principle honor nobility consideration integrity morality ethics purity fitness dignity conscience
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Antonyms

indecency bender saturnalia satanism smut toot
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Hypernyms

respectability propriety properness reputability correctitude

Hyponyms

modesty modestness

Phrases with the word

be within the limits of decency common decency have you no decency

Derivatives

decencies

Examples

According to the band’s manager, Jeff Popkick, they are now hoping that Biden can restore honour and decency to the presidency and act, you know, presidential. Source: Internet

After all, Guyanese do value honesty, decency and integrity and they do not need to be told by anyone that the Granger-led APNU+AFC is the very ugly picture and definition of indecency, dishonesty and absolute lack of integrity. Source: Internet

Alan Reid asserts that Holt was being increasingly criticised within the party in the months before his death, that he was perceived as being "vague, imprecise and evasive" and "nice to the point that his essential decency was viewed as weakness". Source: Internet

Barack Obama’s election both reflects this trend and accelerated it, as the decency he and his family projected from the White House challenged the racial lies many whites have inherited. Source: Internet

“And he didn't even have the guts or decency to tell her, or his own father, of the bombshell he was about to drop…. Source: Internet

And while it should be enough to appeal to basic decency, it should also give any professional pause. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

decenal decenary decence decene decener decennal