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socially acceptable behavior
- the standards of basic decency demanded that they help the old lady with her groceries
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2
conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong
- expected all of the scouts in his troop to be models of decency
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“Decency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decency. Accessed 6 Oct. 2022.
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The first known use of decency was in 1567
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