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INDECENCY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does indecency mean?

• INDECENCY (noun)
The noun INDECENCY has 2 senses:

1. the quality of being indecent
2. an indecent or improper act

Familiarity information: INDECENCY used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• INDECENCY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The quality of being indecent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("indecency" is a kind of...):

improperness; impropriety (an improper demeanor)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indecency"):

immodesty (the trait of being vain and conceited)

enormity; outrageousness (the quality of being outrageous)

bawdiness; lewdness; obscenity; salaciousness; salacity (the trait of behaving in an obscene manner)

Antonym:

decency (the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

An indecent or improper act

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

indecency; impropriety

Hypernyms ("indecency" is a kind of...):

misbehavior; misbehaviour; misdeed (improper or wicked or immoral behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indecency"):

obscenity (an obscene act)

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