US /ˈdisənsi/ UK /ˈdiːsənsi/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    behavior that conforms to accepted standards of morality and propriety

    He had the decency to apologize in person.

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Related forms decentdecentlydecorous

Etymology

From Latin decentia ('comeliness, propriety'), from decens (stem decent-), present participle of decēre ('to be fitting, become'), from a PIE root *dek- ('to take, accept, be suitable').

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