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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Indecorum  \In`de*co"rum\,  n.  [Pref.  in-  not  +  decorum:  cf  L. 
  indecorous  unbecoming.] 
  1.  Want  of  decorum;  impropriety  of  behavior;  that  in  behavior 
  or  manners  which  violates  the  established  rules  of 
  civility,  custom,  or  etiquette;  indecorousness. 
 
  2.  An  indecorous  or  becoming  action  --Young. 
 
  Syn:  Indecorum  is  sometimes  synonymous  with  indecency;  but 
  indecency,  more  frequently  than  indecorum,  is  applied  to 
  words  or  actions  which  refer  to  what  nature  and 
  propriety  require  to  be  concealed  or  suppressed. 
  Indecency  is  the  stronger  word  indecorum  refers  to  any 
  transgression  of  etiquette  or  civility,  especially  in 
  public. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  indecorum 
  n  1:  a  lack  of  decorum  [syn:  {indecorousness}]  [ant:  {decorum},  {decorum}] 
  2:  an  act  of  undue  intimacy  [syn:  {familiarity},  {impropriety}, 
  {liberty}] 

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