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decency::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | respectability, reputability |
| Derivation | decent |
decency::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | propriety, properness, correctitude |
| Has types | modesty, modestness |
| Derivation | decent |
Examples of decency
decency
The article is disappointing, and totally lacks decency and professional ethics.
From the economist.com
I half wish he'd have the decency to argue that unemployment was all structural.
From the economist.com
The country grew with a mix of decency and destruction, sacrifice and suffering.
From the washingtontimes.com
The decision was not the easy one that mere human decency might seem to dictate.
From the economist.com
Have the decency to give fans a couple of minutes of your time via an interview.
From the metro.co.uk
David Shearer's affability and evident decency could prove the perfect antidote.
From the nzherald.co.nz
They went beyond the point of decency, but they didn't go beyond what was legal.
From the time.com
It's nice to see a judge finally willing to apply some common sense and decency.
From the economist.com
You think of the tremendous diversity of our country, its strength, its decency.
From the time.com
- The quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
- The quality of being polite and respectable
- (decent) properly: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"
- (decent) socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice girl"
- (decent) becoming: according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior"
- (decent) conforming to conventions of sexual behavior; "speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"- George Santayana
- (decent) adequate: sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"
- (decent) decently clothed; "are you decent?"
- (decent) observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress; "a modest neckline in her dress"; "though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards"
