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Definition of 'decency'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) decency
the state or quality of being decent.

2.  decency
conformity to a standard of propriety, modesty, etc.

3.  decency
decencies,

4.  decency
the recognized standards of proper behavior; proprieties.

5.  decency
the essentials for decent or comfortable living.

Etymology: (1560–70; < L)

Definition of 'decency'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) decency
the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality

2. (noun) decency
the quality of being polite and respectable

Definition of 'decency'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) decency
kind and honest behavior
to act with decency

Definition of 'decency'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) 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

2. (noun) decency
that which is proper or becoming

Translation of 'decency'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (the general idea of) what is proper, fitting, moral etc; the quality or act of being decent In the interests of decency, we have banned nude bathing; He had the decency to admit that it was his fault.
Afrikaans: ordentlikheid, betaamlikh	Arabic: حِشْمَه، إحْتِشام، لَياقَ	Bulgarian: благоприличие
Brazilian: decência	Czech: slušnost, mravnost	German: der Anstand
Danish: anstændighed	Greek: ευπρέπεια, αξιοπρέπεια	Spanish: decencia, decoro
Estonian: sündsus	Farsi: شایستگی؛ بزرگواری	Finnish: säädyllisyys
French: décence, bienséance	Hebrew: הָגִינוּת	Hindi: शालीनता
Croatian: pristojnost,ćudoređe	Hungarian: illem	Indonesian: kesopanan
Icelandic: velsæmi	Italian: decenza, decoro	Japanese: きちんとして品位のあること
Korean: 품위	Lithuanian: padorumas	Latvian: pieklājība
Malay: kesopanan	Dutch: fatsoen	Norwegian: anstendighet, sømmelighet
Polish: przyzwoitość	Persian: شایستگی؛ بزرگواری	Pashto: درنښت، مناسب خوى يا اخلاق
Portuguese: decoro	Romanian: decenţă, bună-creştere	Russian: приличие
Slovak: mravnosť, slušnosť	Slovenian: spodobnost	Serbian: pristojnost
Swedish: anständighet	Thai: ความประพฤติที่ถูกทำนองคลอ	Turkish: dürüstlük, terbiye, edep
Taiwanese: (言語、舉止等)合乎禮儀，莊重	Ukrainian: пристойність; порядність	Urdu: حسن اخلاق
Vietnamese: phép lịch sự	Chinese: （言语、举止等）合乎礼仪，庄重
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