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Noun: decency  dee-sun(t)-see
  1. The quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
     
  2. The quality of being polite and respectable

Derived forms: decencies

Type of: correctitude, properness, propriety, reputability, respectability

Antonym: indecency

Encyclopedia: Decency

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decentering
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