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. 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.

2. Ben Wikler:

   Gov. Evers isn’t flashy, and he knows what people want isn’t ultimately flash. They want their highways repaired and their schools to teach their kids and their phones not to vibrate at 5 in the morning with something that’s going to stop them from going back to sleep, president Biden has the same thing going for him: decency and a sense of steady leadership rather than chaos and any kind of ideology that might be proceeded by the word ‘ultra.’.

3. President Biden:

   If Georgia Democrat Oscar Zaro send Jon Ossoff and the reverend to Washington, those $ 2,000 checks will go out the door, restoring hope and decency for so many people who are struggling right now.

4. Ilhan Omar:

   The truth of the matter is that what these politicians are doing, they're exploiting really the decency, the decency of the American people, which responded to the situation in this country where racism was much too prevalent and persisted long after the slavery slaves were freed. And America, as a nation stood up, took notice of that and made major major changes, which have opened doors of opportunity throughout the land throughout society.

5. Horace Bushnell:

   Morality, taken as apart from religion, is but another name for decency in sin. It is just that negative species of virtue which consists in not doing what is scandalously depraved and wicked. But there is no heart of holy principle in it, any more than there is in the grosser sin.