indecency

Lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent.

Noun

  1. Lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent.
    • One sure sign of indecency is criticizing foreigners constantly, but remaining silent about the problems within your own land, or by your own people, or both.

    Synonyms: immorality unrightfulness unseemliness dishonour improbity impropriety indecency undecency ungodliness unhonour unprobity unpropriety unrighteousness unsaintliness unuprightness unvirtuousness wickedness

  2. Something showing lack of decency; something (such as a word) that is indecent.

Origin

From in- + decent + -cy.

Forms

indecencies

Derived

gross indecency public indecency