decency

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdiːsənsi/

Etymology

Latin decentia, from decens: compare French décence. See decent.

Noun

Wikipedia decency (countable and uncountable; plural decencies)

1. the quality of being decent; propriety
   • Burke

     Observances of time, place, and of decency in general.

   • Roscommon

     Immodest words admit of no defence, / For want of decency is want of sense.

2. That which is proper or becoming.
   • Atterbury

     The external decencies of worship.

   • Milton

     Those thousand decencies, that daily flow / From all her words and actions.

Translations

quality of being decent

• Bulgarian: благоприличие (bg) (blagopriličie)
• Czech: slušnost (cs) f
• Dutch: fatsoen (nl) n
• Finnish: säädyllisyys, soveliaisuus
• French: décence (fr)
• German: Anstand (de) m

• Hebrew: הגינות (haginut) f
• Romanian: cuviință (ro), cădere (ro), decență (ro)
• Russian: порядочность (ru) (porjádočnostʹ) f, приличие (ru) (prilíčije) n
• Spanish: decencia (es) f
• Swedish: anständighet (sv) c