🙏decency

Meaning

behavior that conforms to accepted standards of morality or respectability

Example Sentences

She showed great decency by helping the stranger in need.

She had the decency to apologize for her mistake immediately.

Example Expressions

common decency

Synonyms

propriety, modesty, respectability, civility, dignity, morality

Entry 1

propriety, modesty, respectability, civility, dignity

Entry 2

propriety, respectability, civility, morality

Antonyms

indecency, rudeness, immorality, impropriety

Entry 1

indecency, rudeness, immorality

Entry 2

impropriety, indecency, rudeness, immorality

Collocations

sense of decency, act of decency, show decency, basic decency, human decency, common decency

Entry 1

sense of decency, act of decency, show decency, basic decency

Entry 2

basic decency, human decency, common decency