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Meanings of
decency
(decencies)
in inglês
português
decoro
catalão
decència
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The quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality.
indecency
português
decoro
Antônimos
Examples for "
indecency
"
indecency
Examples for "
indecency
"
1
Ye enjoin right conduct and forbid
indecency
;
and ye believe in Allah.
2
SAPS officers eventually arrested Gugu Ncube and charged her with public
indecency
.
3
Special care must be taken to prevent any
indecency
in punishing women.
4
They were tried and found guilty this month of sodomy and
indecency
.
5
They were tried and found guilty in May of sodomy and
indecency
.
Usage of
decencies
in inglês
1
Even in the midst of war certain
decencies
needed to be observed.
2
To live no longer with the
decencies
even of a private gentleman!
3
The
decencies
of debate ceased to be observed on either side.
4
On such a trip some of the common
decencies
of existence are dropped.
5
It was a painful spectacle, a lapse from the well-ordered
decencies
of civilization.
6
The apologists of business also justified a rupture with human
decencies
.
7
She violated its
decencies
without being at all aware of it.
8
Pride went down before it, and reticence, and
decencies
of self-respect.
9
For years you've done your best against the
decencies
of life.
10
He's on the jump, and hasn't much fancy for the
decencies
of life.
11
The
decencies
are observed in word, however violated in fact.
12
Ethics is the rules of the game, the
decencies
of the struggle for existence.
13
She has no sense of the
decencies
-
the-
the
-
the
hospitality
of
existence.
14
But I did it behind a bush, having a due regard for the
decencies
.
15
He knew nothing of the every-day
decencies
of civilized people.
16
The preservation of our position as a class depends on our observing certain
decencies
.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
decencies
decency
Noun
Plural
Frequent collocations
common decencies
certain decencies
fundamental decencies
human decencies
social decencies
More collocations
Translations for
decencies
português
decoro
decência
catalão
decència
Decencies
through the time
Decencies
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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