decency

Definition

  • noun: polite, moral, and honest behavior and attitudes that show respect for other people
  • noun: the quality or state of being 'decent'
  • usually used in plural
  • synonyms: fitness, orderliness, propriety

Examples

  • Their behavior goes beyond the bounds of 'decency'. [=it is not decent or acceptable]

  • If you're going to be late, please 'have the decency to' call and let me know.

  • Sending aid to the victims was simply a matter of 'common decency'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I wasn't always here in the mountains. Once, I had a wife. My great love. She was taken from me. Like you, I was forced to learn there are those without decency... ...who must be fought without hesitation, without pity. Your anger gives you great power. But if you let it, it will destroy you... (..)
    2005 Batman Begins