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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Indecency \In*de"cen*cy\, n.; pl {Indecencies}. [L. indecentia unseemliness: cf F. ind['e]cence.] 1. The quality or state of being indecent; want of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity. 2. That which is indecent; an indecent word or act an offense against delicacy. 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. Syn: Indelicacy; indecorum; immodesty; impurity; obscenity. See {Indecorum}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: indecency n 1: the quality of being indecent [ant: {decency}] 2: an indecent or improper act [syn: {impropriety}]
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