decency
pronunciation
How to pronounce decency in British English:
UK [ˈdi:snsi]
How to pronounce decency in American English:
US [ˈdisənsi]
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- Noun:
- the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
- the quality of being polite and respectable
Word Origin
- decency (n.)
- 1560s, "appropriateness," from Latin decentia "comeliness, decency," from decentem "becoming, fitting" (see decent). Meaning "modesty" (i.e. "appropriateness to standards of society") is from 1630s.
Example
- 1. This was a big day , a victory for due process , decency and the american people .
- 2. Decency , self-restraint , the sense of justice , courage -- these virtues belong only to a small minority of men .
- 3. Other great deals offend common decency .
- 4. But the top tier of government has at least displayed a basic human decency that is conspicuously absent in neighbouring burma .
- 5. If people and relationships are the sine qua non of enterprise success , and I flatly assert that they are , then decency , thoughtfulness and the likes of attentive listening should know no peers in the management canon .