INDECENCIES
Noun
indecencies
plural of indecency
Source: Wiktionary
INDECENCY
In*de"cen*cy, n.; pl. Indecencies. Etym: [L. indecentia unseemliness:
cf. F. indécence.]
1. The quality or state of being indecent; want of decency, modesty,
or good manners; obscenity.
2. That which is indecent; an indecent word or act; an offense
against delicacy.
They who, by speech or writing, present to the ear or the eye of
modesty any of the indecencies I allude to, are pests of society.
Beattie.
Syn.
– Indelicacy; indecorum; immodesty; impurity; obscenity. See
Indecorum.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition