OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 29304

decency

/ˈdiːsənsi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
decencia
The quality of being decent; propriety.
Immodest words admit of no defence, / For want of decency is want of sense.
[To Joseph McCarthy:] Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?
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