[noun]obscenity lawsThe people who made that film could be prosecuted for obscenity.He was taken away by the police, shouting and screaming obscenities (= offensive words and sentences).Such deliberate destruction of the environment is an obscenity (= an offensive and shocking situation or event).
OBSCENITY
Meaning of OBSCENITY in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012