Decency1. (n.) The quality of being morally fit, 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.
2. (n.) That which is proper or becoming.
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