Decency can be categorized as a noun.
Noun |
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| decency - the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality | ||
| decency - the quality of being polite and respectable |
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| 1. | noun | That is beneath ordinary decency. | |
| 2. | noun | She had the decency to apologize. | |
| 3. | noun | He didn't have the decency to admit that he was wrong. | |
| 4. | noun | 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. | |
| 5. | noun | Decency, security, and liberty alike demand that government officials shall be subjected to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen. | |
| 6. | noun | Tom didn't have the decency to admit that he was wrong. | |
| 7. | noun | Tom didn't even have the decency to acknowledge his mistake. | |
| 8. | noun | Tom didn't even have the decency to admit he was wrong. | |
| 9. | noun | Tom didn't even have the decency to admit it was his fault. | |
| 10. | noun | Tom didn't even have the decency to admit that he'd made a mistake. | |
| 11. | noun | Tom didn't even have the decency to apologize. | |
| 12. | noun | Tom didn't even have the decency to ask me first. | |
| 13. | noun | Tom didn't even have the decency to say it was his fault. | |
| 14. | noun | Tom didn't even have the decency to wait for me to finish talking. | |
| 15. | noun | He is known for his decency. He has never been involved in a corrupt act. |
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| noun | |
| That is beneath ordinary decency. | |
| She had the decency to apologize. | |
| He didn't have the decency to admit that he was wrong. | |
| 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. | |
| Decency, security, and liberty alike demand that government officials shall be subjected to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen. | |
| Tom didn't have the decency to admit that he was wrong. | |
| Tom didn't even have the decency to acknowledge his mistake. | |
| Tom didn't even have the decency to admit he was wrong. | |
| Tom didn't even have the decency to admit it was his fault. | |
| Tom didn't even have the decency to admit that he'd made a mistake. | |
| Tom didn't even have the decency to apologize. | |
| Tom didn't even have the decency to ask me first. | |
| Tom didn't even have the decency to say it was his fault. | |
| Tom didn't even have the decency to wait for me to finish talking. | |
| He is known for his decency. He has never been involved in a corrupt act. | |