Decencies

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of decency form-of, plural
  2. 2
    The requirements for comfortable living.

Example

More examples

"I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father snobbishly suggested, and I snobbishly repeat, a sense of the fundamental decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth."

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