Definitions
Polite, respectable, or morally proper behavior.
Word origin
From Latin decentia, from decens. Equivalent to decent + -cy. Compare French décence.
Used in a sentence
“Immodest words admit of no defence, / For want of decency is want of sense.”
“[To Joseph McCarthy:] Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?”
“Those thousand decencies, that daily flow / From all her words and actions.”
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01“Basic politeness”7 letters
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