Synonyms for decency
ˈdi sən side·cen·cy

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1. decency

   Synonyms:
   modesty, propriety

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1. decencynoun

   the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality

   Antonyms:
   indecency

2. decencynoun

   the quality of being polite and respectable

   Antonyms:
   indecency

Matched Categories

1. • Propriety
   • Respectability

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1. decencynoun

   Synonyms:
   propriety, decorum, proper formality

2. decencynoun

   Synonyms:
   modesty, delicacy, purity

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1. decencynoun

   Synonyms:
   propriety, seemliness, decorum, modesty

   Antonyms:
   indecency

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1. List of paraphrases for "decency":

   decorum, propriety, dignity, honesty, modesty, respectability, morality, courtesy

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1. Napoleon Bonaparte:

   When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes… Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.

2. Henry Louis Mencken:

   It is inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for any public office.

3. H.L. Mencken:

   It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

4. Sanford Bishop:

   Our country was struggling and often, failing, to uphold the equal protection under the law, let alone, the decency of respect and dignity for African-Americans as valued members of the human family, felix Hall was lynched. Felix Hall hands and feet bound together and hanged by the neck, until Felix Hall was dead.

5. Kirsten Gillibrand:

   Our President has chosen to tear this country apart on every line, every division, every racial line, every religious line, Our President chooses to divide us, community by community, our President has inspired a hate and a darkness in this country that I have never witnessed Kirsten Gillibrand. Our President is tearing apart the very fabric of who we are as a nation, our very common decency, and that is what we are being called to fight against.