decencies in English

noun

1

behavior that conforms to accepted standards of morality or respectability.

she had the decency to come and confess

synonyms: propriety, decorum, good taste, respectability, dignity, correctness, good form, etiquette, morality, virtue, modesty, delicacy, courtesy, politeness, good manners, civility, respect, consideration, thoughtfulness, tact, diplomacy

noun

• propriety, decorum, good taste, respectability, dignity, correctness, good form, etiquette, morality, virtue, modesty, delicacy
• courtesy, politeness, good manners, civility, respect, consideration, thoughtfulness, tact, diplomacy

Use "decencies" in a sentence

1. 13 We must observe the decencies and attend the funeral.

2. After the Thatcher revolution, nostalgia for the lost stabilities and decencies of the welfare state is understandable.

3. But in a world where observing the social decencies passes unnoticed, how much incentive is there to be ordinarily good?