Found 3 items, similar to Decency.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: decency adat, kepantasan, kesopanan, ketertiban
English → English (WordNet) Definition: decency decency n 1: the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality [ant: indecency] 2: the quality of being polite and respectable
English → English (gcide) Definition: Decency Decency \De"cen*cy\, n.; pl. Decencies. [L. decentia, fr. decens: cf. F. d['e]cence. See Decent.] 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. [1913 Webster] Observances of time, place, and of decency in general. --Burke. [1913 Webster] Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of decency is want of sense. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is proper or becoming. [1913 Webster] The external decencies of worship. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] Those thousand decencies, that daily flow From all her words and actions. --Milton. [1913 Webster]