That is beneath ordinary decency.
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Decency
Synonyms for "decency" (142 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (71)
honorablenessimmaculacyintegrityirreproachabilityirreproachablenessjusticejustnesskindlinesskindnessmeetnessmodestymoral excellencemoral strengthnicenessnobilitynormalitynormativenessobligingnessopportunenesspercentage
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politicnessprinciplesprobityprofitprofitabilitypropernessproprietiesproprietyprudencepudencypudicitypurenesspurityrectitudereputabilityrespectabilityrighteousnessrightnessseasonablenessseemlinessshamesocial conventionsocial usagestainlessnesssuitabilitytimelinessunimpeachabilityunimpeachablenessunspottednessuprightnessupstandingnessurbanityusefulnessvirtuevirtuousnesswisdomworthinessworthwhileness
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1 entriesderived
4 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- احْتِرَام noun (quality of being decent)
- كَرَامَة noun (quality of being decent)
Bulgarian
1 entries- благоприличие noun (quality of being decent)
Catalan
1 entries- decència noun (quality of being decent)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 得體 /得体 noun (quality of being decent)
- 得體 /得体 noun (that which is proper)
- 正派 noun (quality of being decent)
- 正派 noun (that which is proper)
Czech
1 entries- slušnost noun (quality of being decent)
Danish
2 entries- anstændighed noun (quality of being decent)
- sømmelighed noun (quality of being decent)
Dutch
1 entries- fatsoen noun (quality of being decent)
Finnish
3 entries- sopivaisuus noun (that which is proper)
- soveliaisuus noun (quality of being decent)
- säädyllisyys noun (quality of being decent)
French
1 entries- décence noun (quality of being decent)
Galician
1 entries- decencia noun (quality of being decent)
German
1 entries- Anstand noun (quality of being decent)
Greek
1 entries- αιδώς noun (quality of being decent)
Hebrew
1 entries- הגינות noun (quality of being decent)
Hungarian
2 entries- illemtudás noun (quality of being decent)
- illendőség noun (quality of being decent)
Malayalam
1 entries- മാന്യത noun (quality of being decent)
Portuguese
1 entries- decência noun (quality of being decent)
Romanian
3 entries- cuviință noun (quality of being decent)
- cădere noun (quality of being decent)
- decență noun (quality of being decent)
Russian
2 entries- поря́дочность noun (quality of being decent)
- прили́чие noun (quality of being decent)
Spanish
1 entries- decencia noun (quality of being decent)
Swedish
1 entries- anständighet noun (quality of being decent)
Ukrainian
1 entries- поря́дність noun (quality of being decent)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
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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