English-Thai Dictionary

decency

N ความประพฤติ ที่ ถูก ทำนองคลองธรรม  ความเหมาะสม  มารยาท  ความสุภาพ  decorum propriety kwam-pra-pared-ti-tuk-tham-nong-klong-tam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DECENCY

n.[L. to be fit or becoming; Gr. to be good, or fit for. ] 1. That which is fir, suitable or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form, in social intercourse, in actions or discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony. It has a special reference to behavior; as decency of conduct; decency of worship. But it is used also in reference to speech; as, he discoursed with decency.
Those thousand decencies, that daily flow
From all her words and actions.
2. Suitableness to character; propriety.
3. Propriety in speech; modesty; opposed to ribaldry, or obscenity.
Want of decency is want of sense.
It may be also used for propriety of speech, opposed to rudeness, or disrespectful language; and for propriety in dress, opposed to raggedness, exposure of nakedness, filthiness, etc.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DECENCY

De "cen *cy, n.; pl. Decencies. Etym: [L. decentia, fr. decens: cf. F.décence. See Decent. ]

 

1. The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum; modesty. Observances of time, place, and of decency in general. Burke. Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of decency is want of sense. Roscommon.

 

2. That which is proper or becoming. The external decencies of worship. Atterbury. Those thousand decencies, that daily flow From all her words and actions. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

decency

de cen cy |ˈdēsənsē ˈdisnsi | ▶noun ( pl. decencies ) behavior that conforms to accepted standards of morality or respectability: she had the decency to come and confess. • modesty and propriety: a loose dress, rather too low-cut for decency. • (decencies ) the requirements of accepted or respectable behavior: an appeal to common decencies. • (decencies ) things required for a reasonable standard of life: I can't afford any of the decencies of life.

 

Oxford Dictionary

decency

de |cency |ˈdiːs (ə )nsi | ▶noun ( pl. decencies ) 1 [ mass noun ] behaviour that conforms to accepted standards of morality or respectability: she had the decency to come and confess. • behaviour or appearance that avoids impropriety or immodesty: a loose dress, rather too low-cut for decency. • (decencies ) the requirements of accepted or respectable behaviour: an appeal to common decencies. 2 (decencies ) things required for a reasonable standard of life: I can't afford any of the decencies of life. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘appropriateness, fitness ’): from Latin decentia, from decent- ‘being fitting ’ (see decent ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

decency

decency noun 1 standards of taste and decency: propriety, decorum, good taste, respectability, dignity, correctness, good form, etiquette; morality, virtue, modesty, delicacy. 2 he didn't have the decency to tell me: courtesy, politeness, good manners, civility, respect; consideration, thoughtfulness, tact, diplomacy. WORD NOTE decency I recently fell in love with this word when a friend, to whom I had given my novel-in-progress to read, informed me that decency —the question of how to lead decent lives and the difficulty of treating others with simple human decency —was the fundamental concern of the characters in my book. To be honest, it hadn't occurred to me. But as soon as I heard it, I realized it was true. Nor had decency been, until then, a word that I'd used much. Now I try to use it as often as I can —perhaps in the hope that keeping the word in mind will enable me to practice it more consistently. — FP Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

decency

decency noun 1 TV companies need to maintain standards of taste and decency: propriety, decorum, seemliness, good taste, respectability, dignity, correctness, good form, etiquette, appropriateness, fitness, suitability; morality, virtue, modesty, purity, delicacy, demureness, wholesomeness. ANTONYMS indecency. 2 he didn't have the decency to tell me he couldn't come: courtesy, politeness, good manners, civility, respect, respectfulness; consideration, thought, thoughtfulness, tact, diplomacy. ANTONYMS rudeness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

decency

de cen cy /díːs (ə )nsi /→decent 名詞 複 -cies /-z /1 U (言動などの )礼儀正しさ , 良識, 上品さ ▸ human decency 人としての品位 ▸ an offense against [a breach of ] decency 無作法 ▸ common decency 社会常識, 良識 2 U 体裁 , 体面 .3 C ｟やや古 ｠〖the -cies 〗礼儀作法, 社会慣習 ; 人並みの生活に必要なもの ▸ observe the decencies 礼儀 (作法 )を守る h à ve the d é cency to do 常識をわきまえ …をする ; …するだけの礼儀を心得ている .