Usually means: Conformity to accepted moral standards.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 26 dictionaries that define the word Decency:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. decency: Merriam-Webster
  2. decency: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. decency: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. decency: Collins English Dictionary
  5. decency: Vocabulary.com
  6. Decency, decency: Wordnik
  7. decency: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. decency: Wiktionary
  9. decency: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. decency: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. decency: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Decency, decency: Dictionary.com
  13. decency: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Decency: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Decency: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. decency: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. decency: Rhymezone
  18. decency: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. decency: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. decency: FreeDictionary.org
  21. decency: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. decency: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. decency: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. decency: Legal dictionary

(Note: See decencies as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (decency)

▸ noun:  The quality of being decent; propriety.
▸ noun:  That which is proper or becoming.

Similar:
decentness, properness, probity, decorousness, indecency, property, propriety, civilness, condignity, respectability, more...

Opposite:
indecency, impropriety, immorality, obscenity

Types:
honesty, integrity, respect, compassion, empathy, kindness, generosity, patience, tolerance, more...

Phrases:
Communications Decency Act, National Legion of Decency, Outraging public decency, sense of decency, decency honor, more...

Adjectives:
common, human, public, basic, more, ordinary, moral, social, simple, outward, fundamental

Colors:
    white,     beige,     light gray,     soft pink,     pastel blue, more...



▸ Words similar to Decency

▸ Usage examples for Decency

▸ Idioms related to Decency

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular adjectives describing Decency

▸ Words that often appear near Decency

▸ Rhymes of Decency

▸ Invented words related to Decency

Similar:
decentness, properness, probity, decorousness, indecency, property, propriety, civilness, condignity, respectability, more...

Opposite:
indecency, impropriety, immorality, obscenity

Types:
honesty, integrity, respect, compassion, empathy, kindness, generosity, patience, tolerance, more...

Phrases:
Communications Decency Act, National Legion of Decency, Outraging public decency, sense of decency, decency honor, opposite of decency, honesty principle decency, common decency, has basic human decency, more...

Adjectives:
common, human, public, basic, more, ordinary, moral, social, simple, outward, fundamental

Colors:
    white,     beige,     light gray,     soft pink,     pastel blue, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "Decency" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux