DECENCY


Meaning of DECENCY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ di:s(ə)nsi ]

1.

Decency is the quality of following accepted moral standards.

His sense of decency forced him to resign.

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2.

If you say that someone did not have the decency to do something, you are criticizing them because there was a particular action which they did not do but which you believe they ought to have done.

Nobody had the decency to inform me of what was planned.

PHRASE : oft with brd-neg , V inflects , PHR to-inf [ disapproval ]

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