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DE'CENCY, n. [L. to be fit or becoming; Gr. to be good, or fit for.]


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DE'CENCY, n. [L. to be fit or becoming; Gr. to be good, or fit for.]

DE'CEN-CY, n. [Fr. decence; L. decentia, from decens, deceo, to be fit or becoming; Sp. decencia; It. decenza. The L. deceo coincides in elements with the G. taugen, to be good, or fit for; D. deugen, to be good or virtuous; Sax. dugan, to avail, to be strong, to be worth; duguth, virtue, valor; dohtig, doughty; dohter, daughter; W. tygiaw, to prosper, to befit; to succeed. The Teutonic and Welsh words have for their radical sense, to advance or proceed, to stretch forward. In Welsh also, têg signifies clear, fair, smooth, beautiful; tegu, to make smooth, fair, beautiful, which would seem to be allied to deceo, whence decus, decoro. See Class Dg, No. 18, 25.]

  1. That which is fit, suitable or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form, in social intercourse, in actions or discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony. It has a special reference to behavior; as, decency of conduct; decency of worship. But it is used also in reference to speech; as, he discoursed with decency. Those thousand decencies, that daily flow / From all her words and actions. – Milton.
  2. Suitableness to character; propriety.
  3. Propriety in speech; modesty; opposed to ribaldry, or obscenity. Want of decency is want of sense. – Pope. It may be also used for propriety of speech, opposed to rudeness, or disrespectful language; and for propriety in dress, opposed to raggedness, exposure of nakedness, filthiness, &c.

De"cen*cy
  1. The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum; modesty.

    Observances of time, place, and of decency in general. Burke.

    Immodest words admit of no defense,
    For want of decency is want of sense.     Roscommon.

  2. That which is proper or becoming.

    The external decencies of worship. Atterbury.

    Those thousand decencies, that daily flow
    From all her words and actions.     Milton.

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Decency

DE'CENCY, noun [Latin to be fit or becoming; Gr. to be good, or fit for.]

1. That which is fir, suitable or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form, in social intercourse, in actions or discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony. It has a special reference to behavior; as decency of conduct; decency of worship. But it is used also in reference to speech; as, he discoursed with decency

Those thousand decencies, that daily flow

From all her words and actions.

2. Suitableness to character; propriety.

3. Propriety in speech; modesty; opposed to ribaldry, or obscenity.

Want of decency is want of sense.

It may be also used for propriety of speech, opposed to rudeness, or disrespectful language; and for propriety in dress, opposed to raggedness, exposure of nakedness, filthiness, etc.

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