n.;
Observances of time, place, and of decency in general. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Immodest words admit of no defense,
For want of decency is want of sense. Roscommon. [ 1913 Webster ]
The external decencies of worship. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]
Those thousand decencies, that daily flow
From all her words and actions. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
They who, by speech or writing, present to the ear or the eye of modesty any of the indecencies I allude to, are pests of society. Beattie.
n. Indecency. [ Obs. ] “Decency and undecency.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]