Found 2 items, similar to indecency.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: indecency
indecency
n 1: the quality of being indecent [ant:
decency]
2: an indecent or improper act [syn:
impropriety]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Indecency
Indecency
\In*de"cen*cy\, n.; pl.
Indecencies. [L. indecentia
unseemliness: cf. F. ind['e]cence.]
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1. The quality or state of being indecent; lack of decency,
modesty, or good manners; obscenity.
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2. That which is indecent; an indecent word or act; an
offense against delicacy.
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They who, by speech or writing, present to the ear
or the eye of modesty any of the indecencies I
allude to, are pests of society. --Beattie.
Syn: Indelicacy; indecorum; immodesty; impurity; obscenity.
See
Indecorum.
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