Definition for Decency:

• Becomingness: modesty.

Synonyms for Decency:

• n.

  •
  • right.
  •
  • usual.
  •
  • restraint.
  •attribute (noun)
  • decency.
  •behavior (noun)
  • way of life,
  • Habits,
  • tenue,
  • what's done,
  • Tenues.
  •chastity (noun)
  • monogamies,
  • immaculacies,
  • spotlessnesses,
  • up rightness,
  • up rightnesses,
  • up-rightness,
  • up-rightnesses,
  • sinlessnesses,
  • chastenesses.
  •convenience (noun)
  • serviceabilities,
  • co operations,
  • time savers,
  • opportunenesses,
  • pro-motion,
  • re-lief,
  • re lief,
  • pro motions,
  • handinesses,
  • co operation.
  •correctness (noun)
  • good breedings,
  • bon tons,
  • correctitudes.
  •decency (noun)
  • helpfulness,
  • good taste.
  •decorum (noun)
  • study at decorum,
  • honesty,
  • mliness.
  •dignity (noun)
  • statelinesses,
  • re gards,
  • worthinesses,
  • re-gard,
  • self respect,
  • selfrespect,
  • self-respects,
  • re-nown,
  • re nown,
  • noblenesses.
  •ethics/ethic (noun)
  • be lief,
  • right wrong,
  • right and wrongs,
  • right wrongs,
  • rules conduct,
  • golden rules,
  • be-lief,
  • the golden rules.
  •etiquette (noun)
  • p and q,
  • ps qs,
  • ps and qs,
  • proper behaviors,
  • good behaviors,
  • p q,
  • p's q's.
  •fairness (noun)
  • dis-interestedness,
  • fairmindedness,
  • fair mindedness,
  • openmindedness,
  • square deals,
  • dis-interestednesses,
  • give takes,
  • reasonablenesses,
  • dis interestednesses,
  • dis interestedness,
  • give take,
  • open mindedness.
  •fitness (noun)
  • auspiciousness,
  • patness,
  • Concurrency,
  • expediency,
  • admissibility,
  • seasonableness,
  • congruousness.
  •good name (noun)
  • re spects,
  • re-spects,
  • re spect,
  • righteos,
  • good-name,
  • re-spect.
  •good report (noun)
  • good-report,
  • righteouses.
  •grace (noun)
  • lissomenesses,
  • gracefulnesses,
  • shapelinesses,
  • lithesomenesses.
  •honor (noun)
  • in corruptions,
  • in-corruption,
  • in corruptnesses,
  • in-corruptnesses,
  • incorruptnesses,
  • in corruptness,
  • in-corruptness,
  • incorruptions,
  • in corruption,
  • honestnesses,
  • in-corruptions,
  • trustworthinesses.
  •humbleness (noun)
  • self-effaces,
  • self efface,
  • self effaces,
  • selfeffaces,
  • selfefface.
  •propriety (noun)
  • accepted conduct,
  • social convention,
  • social conventions,
  • the done thing,
  • done thing.
  •purity (noun)
  • guiltlessness,
  • fundamentality,
  • probity,
  • blamelessness,
  • whiteness,
  • simplicity,
  • purity,
  • faultlessness,
  • Elementariness,
  • cleanness,
  • essentiality,
  • immaculateness,
  • goodness,
  • angelicness,
  • honorableness,
  • Aboriginality.
  •respectability (noun)
  • reputability.
  •respectable behavior (noun)
  • ceremoniousness,
  • good manners,
  • virtue,
  • good form,
  • appropriateness,
  • righteousness,
  • fittingness.
  •virtue (noun)
  • creditability,
  • heroism,
  • upstandingness,
  • merit,
  • pureness,
  • Estimableness,
  • valor,
  • nobility,
  • high-mindedness,
  • good.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • properness,
  • family values,
  • moral fiber,
  • social conscience,
  • respectableness,
  • seemliness,
  • conformity,
  • decentness,
  • moral imperative,
  • moral victory,
  • compunction.
  •
  • nicety,
  • conscience,
  • fair play,
  • virginity.
  •
  • high road,
  • principle,
  • propriety.
  •
  • sex-.

Paraphrases for Decency:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    morality.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    civilization, morale, fitness.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    decorum, propriety, dignity, honesty, modesty, respectability, courtesy, politeness, fairness, civilisation, probity, integrity.

Antonyms for Decency:

• n.

  • attribute
    indecency.
  • decency
    discourtesy, impropriety.
  • respectable behavior
    inappropriateness, impoliteness, rudeness, unsuitableness, wrong, bad manners, obsceneness, obscenity, immodesty.
  • Other antonyms:
    meanness, badness, debauchery, depravity, pervertedness, vulgarity, incivility, evil, indecorum, evildoing, crookedness, underhandedness, iniquity, dishonesty, lowness, imprudence, unscrupulousness, villainy, sin, wickedness, degeneracy, immorality, degradation, coarseness, corruption, sinfulness, crudeness, indiscretion, perversion, viciousness, vileness, gracelessness.

Decency Sentence Examples:

• Along the wall you see two tables, which, though less carefully provided than the Fellows', are still served with tolerable decency and go through a regular second course instead of the 'sizings.

• She will know, too, for you can't go ahead in common decency without telling her what it will mean to him!

Homophones for Decency:

• diogenes, deaconess, dysgenics, Des Moines, dehiscence, dismiss, disowning, dowsing, disco music, diagnose, dicksoniaceae, dissonance, dousing, Dow Jones, dhodhekanisos, dismaying, digenesis, diakinesis, dyskinesia, dozens, digging, ducking, De Kooning, dodging, docking, degaussing, diagnosis, ditchmoss, dizziness, De Quincey, disengage, duskiness, dashing, death camas, designing, dogging, dishwashing, descensus, dysgenic, dysgenesis, diggings, dickens, dugong, dodecanese.

Hypernym for Decency:

• n.

  • attribute
    modestness, modesty.

Hyponym for Decency:

• n.

  • attribute
    correctitude, propriety, reputability, respectability, properness.