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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionaryly'> decencies plural : conditions or services considered essential for a proper standard of living
: literary decorum
archaic
: fitness
EnglishMerriam-Webster DictionaryExamples
- //Decency, not fear of punishment, caused them to do the right thing.
- //Sending aid to the victims was simply a matter of common decency.
- //If you're going to be late, please have the decency to call and let me know.
- //Have you no sense of decency?
- //He had been taught to observe the ordinary decencies.
First Known Use
1567, in the meaning defined at sense 5adecency
noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
- socially acceptable behavior //the standards of basic decency demanded that they help the old lady with her groceriesRelated Wordsappropriateness correctitude correctness decorousness fitness decencies plural : conditions or services considered essential for a proper standard of living: literary decorumarchaic: fitness
Examples
- //Decency, not fear of punishment, caused them to do the right thing.
- //Sending aid to the victims was simply a matter of common decency.
- //If you're going to be late, please have the decency to call and let me know.
- //Have you no sense of decency?
- //He had been taught to observe the ordinary decencies.
First Known Use
1567, in the meaning defined at sense 5adecency
noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
- socially acceptable behavior //the standards of basic decency demanded that they help the old lady with her groceries