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

  • (..) the right to break in. What if we was seen together? I'm too old to find another job. At least have the decency to draw your guns. Listen, Butch is trying to tell you something. All right. What do you want? (..)
    1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid