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decency
noun
de·cen·cy ˈdē-sᵊn-sē 
plural decencies
Example Sentences
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.
Recent Examples on the Web Define broad terms such as decency and morality, among others, that can be vague and be open to arbitrary interpretation and carry the potential risk of misuse. 
Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 21 July 2022 If Cho’s casting was a foregone conclusion, the most challenging role to fill was Will, the aloof and snobbish Darcy character who eventually reveals a wellspring of decency and repressed passion. Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 7 June 2022 Didn’t even have the decency to face the music with an angry electorate that doesn’t wanna go. Laura Johnston, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022 This is a brutal violation, not only of international law, but of common decency. CBS News, 24 July 2022 Hajichi was banned in 1899 as the Japanese government pushed assimilation and as new norms about public decency emerged during the time when the country opened to foreigners after more than 200 years of isolationist policies. Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post, 25 July 2022 This kind of stolid American decency comes easily to him. Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022 Two of Ireland's most celebrated writers, Oscar Wilde and James Joyce, were in their time pariahs and exiles, excoriated for outrages against what was then regarded as public decency. Maureen O'hare And Richard Quest, CNN, 24 June 2022 The exchange between cop and thief isn’t all Kum Ba Yah, but it is intended to signal Coughlin’s decency. Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 8 June 2022 See More
Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 21 July 2022 If Cho’s casting was a foregone conclusion, the most challenging role to fill was Will, the aloof and snobbish Darcy character who eventually reveals a wellspring of decency and repressed passion. Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 7 June 2022 Didn’t even have the decency to face the music with an angry electorate that doesn’t wanna go. Laura Johnston, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022 This is a brutal violation, not only of international law, but of common decency. CBS News, 24 July 2022 Hajichi was banned in 1899 as the Japanese government pushed assimilation and as new norms about public decency emerged during the time when the country opened to foreigners after more than 200 years of isolationist policies. Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post, 25 July 2022 This kind of stolid American decency comes easily to him. Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022 Two of Ireland's most celebrated writers, Oscar Wilde and James Joyce, were in their time pariahs and exiles, excoriated for outrages against what was then regarded as public decency. Maureen O'hare And Richard Quest, CNN, 24 June 2022 The exchange between cop and thief isn’t all Kum Ba Yah, but it is intended to signal Coughlin’s decency. Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 8 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1567, in the meaning defined at sense 5a
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