undecency

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A form of indecency — Lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent.

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Meanings

nounundecency (countable and uncountable, plural undecencies)

plural undecencies

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of indecency.

    an aft of lukewarmness is only an undecency

    1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dishonourimmoralityimprobityimproprietyindecencyungodlinessunhonourunproprietyunrighteousnessunrightfulnessunsaintlinessunseemlinessunuprightnessunvirtuousnesswickedness

Origin

From un- + decency.

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Cite this entry
APA

undecency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undecency

MLA

“undecency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undecency. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undecency,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undecency.

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