decency
/ˈdiːsənsi/
noun
- Behavior that follows accepted moral or social standards; the quality of being polite, honest, and fair.
- Common decency requires that you hold the door for the person behind you.
- The community expects a basic level of decency from its leaders.
- He had the decency to apologize for his rude comment.
- The quality of being acceptable or appropriate in appearance or condition; respectability.
- She dressed with decency for the formal event.
- The hotel room was small but had an air of decency about it.
- They couldn't afford a house, but they rented an apartment with some decency.
- The things that are considered necessary for a reasonable standard of life or behavior (usually plural: decencies).
- The charity provides the basic decencies of life, like food and shelter.
- Even in hard times, they maintained the decencies of a clean home and polite manners.
- In their culture, offering a guest a meal is one of the decencies of hospitality.
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