decency 音标拼音: [d'isənsi]
n . 得体,礼貌,正派
得体,礼貌,正派
decency n 1 :
the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality [
ant : {
indecency }]
2 :
the quality of being polite and respectable Decency \
De "
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n .;
pl . {
Decencies }. [
L .
decentia ,
fr .
decens :
cf .
F .
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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 .
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1913 Webster ]
Observances of time ,
place ,
and of decency in general . --
Burke .
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1913 Webster ]
Immodest words admit of no defense ,
For want of decency is want of sense . --
Roscommon .
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2 .
That which is proper or becoming .
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The external decencies of worship . --
Atterbury .
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Those thousand decencies ,
that daily flow From all her words and actions . --
Milton .
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1913 Webster ]
123 Moby Thesaurus words for "
decency ":
accommodatingness ,
advantage ,
advantageousness ,
advisability ,
affability ,
agreeableness ,
amiability ,
appropriateness ,
assured probity ,
becomingness ,
beneficialness ,
benevolence ,
benignity ,
bienseance ,
blamelessness ,
ceremoniousness ,
character ,
civility ,
cleanness ,
complaisance ,
compliance ,
conformity ,
convenance ,
convenience ,
convention ,
conventional usage ,
conventionalism ,
conventionality ,
correctitude ,
correctness ,
custom ,
decencies ,
decorousness ,
decorum ,
delicacy ,
desirability ,
dignity ,
elegance ,
erectness ,
estimableness ,
etiquette ,
expedience ,
expediency ,
fairness ,
feasibility ,
felicity ,
fitness ,
fittingness ,
form ,
formality ,
fruitfulness ,
generousness ,
genteelness ,
gentility ,
good character ,
good form ,
goodness ,
graciosity ,
graciousness ,
happiness ,
high ideals ,
high principles ,
high -
mindedness ,
honesty ,
honor ,
honorableness ,
immaculacy ,
integrity ,
irreproachability ,
irreproachableness ,
justice ,
justness ,
kindliness ,
kindness ,
meetness ,
modesty ,
moral excellence ,
moral strength ,
niceness ,
nobility ,
normality ,
normativeness ,
obligingness ,
opportuneness ,
percentage ,
politicness ,
principles ,
probity ,
profit ,
profitability ,
properness ,
proprieties ,
propriety ,
prudence ,
pudency ,
pudicity ,
pureness ,
purity ,
rectitude ,
reputability ,
respectability ,
righteousness ,
rightness ,
seasonableness ,
seemliness ,
shame ,
social convention ,
social usage ,
stainlessness ,
suitability ,
timeliness ,
unimpeachability ,
unimpeachableness ,
unspottedness ,
uprightness ,
upstandingness ,
urbanity ,
usefulness ,
virtue ,
virtuousness ,
wisdom ,
worthiness ,
worthwhileness
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