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Word entry · 7 letters

decency

Best crossword clue

"Basic politeness"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈdiːsənsi/Part of speech nounSorted ccdeenyStarts with DEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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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