Decencies | Word Decencies at Open Dictionary of English by LearnThat Foundation

Noun, : The least you can expect from them is some respect for the decencies. ,to be able to afford the decencies
And Isabelle recounted what she had seen of Aline's establishment in St. Louis, with its total disregard of what Conny called the "decencies" of life.
In short, he did everything to outrage the decencies.
Why, these cousins of hers hadn't the decencies of red

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