Entry Word: decency

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 socially acceptable behavior <the standards of basic decency demanded that they help the old lady with her groceries>

Synonyms decorum, form, propriety

Related Words civility, courtesy, politeness; dignity, grace, refinement; discretion, prudence; correctness, decorousness, fitness, rightness, seemliness; attention, attentiveness, care, carefulness; goodness, high-mindedness, honesty, morality, probity, rectitude, righteousness, straightness, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness

Near Antonyms coarseness, crudeness, gracelessness; discourtesy, impoliteness, incivility; imprudence, indiscretion; badness, evil, immorality, wickedness

Antonyms impropriety, indecency, indecorum

2 conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong <expected all of the scouts in his troop to be models of decency> — see morality 1