INDECENCY

indecency, impropriety

(noun) an indecent or improper act

indecency

(noun) the quality of being indecent

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

indecency (plural indecencies)

lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent

something showing lack of decency; something such as a word that is indecent

Source: Wiktionary

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

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