indecency, impropriety
(noun) an indecent or improper act
indecency
(noun) the quality of being indecent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
14 June 2025
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
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