Antonyms for decency
ˈdi sən side·cen·cy

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1. decency

   Synonyms:
   modesty, propriety

Matched Categories

1. • Propriety
   • Respectability

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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

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1. decencynoun

   Antonyms:
   indecency

   Synonyms:
   propriety, seemliness, decorum, modesty

How to use decency in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. James May:

   We need distinctive and different voices but they cannot come at any price. Common to all at the BBC have to be standards of decency and respect.

3. New York:

   You see that video and it disturbs your basic sense of decency and humanity, why, why, why was that necessary? Where was the threat?

4. Hillary Clinton:

   This is a moral and humanitarian crisis. Everyone of us who has ever held a child in their arms, and every human being with a sense of compassion and decency should be outraged.

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.

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