Synonyms for Decency | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "decency" (137 found)

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Closest matches (28)

accommodatingness advantage advantageousness advisability affability agreeableness amiability appropriatenessassured probitybecomingness beneficialness benevolence benignity bienseance blamelessness ceremoniousness character civility cleanness complaisance

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compliance conformity convenance convenience convention

Noun(3 words)

act civillyadequacy civility

Strong matches (41)

conventional usageconventionalism conventionality correctitude correctness custom decencies decorousness decorum delicacy desirability dignity elegance erectness estimableness etiquette expedience expediency fairness feasibility

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felicity fitness fittingness form formality fruitfulness generousness genteelness gentilitygood charactergood formgoodness grace graciosity graciousness happinesshigh idealshigh principles

Noun(3 words)

decorum dignities ethics

Related words (68)

high-mindedness honesty honor honorableness immaculacy integrity irreproachability irreproachableness justice justness kindliness kindness meetness modestymoral excellencemoral strengthmorality niceness nobility normality

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Noun(5 words)

integrity propriety reasonableness sufficiency virtue

Adjective(1 words)

universal politeness

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

11 entries

conduct standardcorrectitudemoral qualitynorm properness propriety quality reputability respectability standard virtue

More specific

11 entries

adequate housingcivility courtesy decorum honorliving wagemodesty politeness proprietyquality educationrespectability

Collocations

6 entries

basic decencycode of decencycommon decencydecency standardsmoral decencypublic decency

Inflections

1 entries

decencies

Derivations

3 entries

decent decently decentness

Antonyms

1 entries

indecency

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

That is beneath ordinary decency.

Source: tatoeba (41606)

She had the decency to apologize.

Source: tatoeba (265402)

He didn't have the decency to admit that he was wrong.

Source: tatoeba (284833)

The members of each stratum accept as their ideal of decency the scheme of life in vogue in the next higher stratum, and bend their energies to live up to that ideal.

Source: tatoeba (425544)

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Decency