Indecency
[ɪn'diːsnsɪ] or [ɪn'disnsi]
Definition
(noun.) an indecent or improper act.
(noun.) the quality of being indecent.
Checker: Newman--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being indecent; want of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity.
(n.) That which is indecent; an indecent word or act; an offense against delicacy.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Indecorum, impropriety.[2]. Indelicacy, grossness, immodesty, impurity, obscenity.
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Examples
- Mrs. Welland exclaimed when her mother's last plan was hinted to her; and from this unthinkable indecency the clan recoiled with a collective shudder. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- There is a sort of historical indecency in a Greek monarchy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This is an amusement to sharpen the intellect; it has a sting--it has what we call satire, and wit without indecency. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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