indecency

  • 11indecency — noun (U) law behaviour that is sexually offensive, especially indecent exposure: gross indecency …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12indecency — UK [ɪnˈdiːs(ə)nsɪ] / US [ɪnˈdɪs(ə)nsɪ] noun [uncountable] 1) legal a crime involving offensive sexual behaviour an act of gross indecency 2) the offensive or shocking nature of something …

    English dictionary

  • 13indecency — indecent ► ADJECTIVE 1) not conforming with accepted standards of behaviour or morality. 2) not appropriate; unseemly: indecent haste. DERIVATIVES indecency noun indecently adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 14indecency — noun Date: 1589 1. the quality or state of being indecent 2. something (as a word or action) that is indecent …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 15indecency — /in dee seuhn see/, n., pl. indecencies for 4. 1. the quality or condition of being indecent. 2. impropriety or immodesty. 3. obscenity or indelicacy. 4. an indecent act, remark, etc. [1580 90; < L indecentia. See INDECENT, ENCY] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 16indecency — noun a) lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent b) something showing lack of decency; something such as a word that is indecent …

    Wiktionary

  • 17indecency — Synonyms and related words: Babbittry, andromania, aphrodisia, bad taste, biological urge, bodily appetite, bourgeois taste, camp, campiness, carnal desire, concupiscence, desire, eromania, eroticism, eroticomaniac, erotism, erotomania, fleshly&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 18indecency — in|de|cen|cy [ınˈdi:sənsi] n plural indecencies 1.) [U] law behaviour that is sexually offensive, especially ↑indecent exposure 2.) formal an action that is shocking or offensive …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19indecency — in·de·cen·cy || ɪn dɪːsnsɪ n. immodesty; obscenity, lewdness; tastelessness, crudeness; improper or rude act or remark …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 20indecency — n. 1. Indecorum, impropriety, unseemliness, offensiveness, outrageousness. 2. Indelicacy, coarseness, grossness, immodesty, impurity, obscenity, foulness, filthiness, vileness …

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