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de·cen·cy
/ˈdisṇsi/
得體,禮貌,正派
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
De·cen·cy
n.
;
pl
.
Decencies
1.
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
.
Observances
of
time
,
place
,
and
of
decency
in
general
.
--
Burke
.
Immodest
words
admit
of
no
defense
,
For
want
of
decency
is
want
of
sense
. --
Roscommon
.
2.
That
which
is
proper
or
becoming
.
The
external
decencies
of
worship
.
--
Atterbury
.
Those
thousand
decencies
,
that
daily
flow
From
all
her
words
and
actions
. --
Milton
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
decency
n
1:
the
quality
of
conforming
to
standards
of
propriety
and
morality
[
ant
:
indecency
]
2:
the
quality
of
being
polite
and
respectable
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