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as in etiquette
socially acceptable behavior
the standards of basic decency demanded that they help the old lady with her groceries
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as in morality
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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Recent Examples of decency
Just this week, the office charged with fighting and prosecuting corruption was raided in an extra-judicial attack on decency and due process.
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Steve Cortes, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
As each couple works to uncover the truth and save their own daughter, long buried tensions and uncomfortable truths erupt, forcing them to abandon any pretence of decency and to question all of their certainties as spouses, parents and friends.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
Hutson, like so many Republicans, wants to maintain his own veneer of decency while still managing to support what Trump is doing.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 28 July 2025
At his side is his loyal (to a fault) better half, Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn), who puts her faith in Jimmy’s decency even as his less-than-legal impulses perpetually get him into trouble.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 13 July 2025
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Steve Cortes, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
As each couple works to uncover the truth and save their own daughter, long buried tensions and uncomfortable truths erupt, forcing them to abandon any pretence of decency and to question all of their certainties as spouses, parents and friends.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
Hutson, like so many Republicans, wants to maintain his own veneer of decency while still managing to support what Trump is doing.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 28 July 2025
At his side is his loyal (to a fault) better half, Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn), who puts her faith in Jimmy’s decency even as his less-than-legal impulses perpetually get him into trouble.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 13 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decency
Noun
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The bride-to-be's post and the subsequent responses have opened up a larger conversation about family dynamics, wedding etiquette and emotional manipulation.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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Both instances call into question proper airplane etiquette, a hot topic online nowadays, as people debate the best ways to share the air while respecting personal space and boundaries.—
Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Its creation reflected not just morality, but also the practical fears and self-interests of nations.—
Stephen Herzog,
The Conversation,
1 Aug. 2025
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Its specter can, overnight, reframe a conflict that already has cost 60,000 lives, and fueled tense global debates on morality, antisemitism, the laws of war.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Young American heiresses were a premium export, trained in the distinctly English sense of propriety and decorum imported by their parents.—
Elle Carroll,
Vulture,
11 Aug. 2025
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Where have decorum and ethics gone among our politicians?—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
2 July 2025
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My focus remains on integrity and honoring both accountability and respect.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Aug. 2025
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If the data integrity is compromised, capital will be more expensive and harder to access.—
Brent Dykes,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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While for many years the austere and exacting widow Agnes ran her East 61st Street home with an iron fist of propriety and high necklines, everything changed at the end of Season 2.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
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His watch, however, was a 42 mm sporty Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional chronograph in diamonds and the Swiss watchmaker’s propriety Canopus Gold, a special blend of 18-karat white gold combined with platinum, rhodium, and palladium.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And both the book and the film offered historically nonsensical versions of the Klan as an honorable and chivalrous group fighting for social justice and the virtue of white womanhood.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
15 Aug. 2025
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That might sound sadistic; indeed, sadism is something of a Hitchcockian virtue.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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No One Saw Coming follows a group of Black women — healers, leaders, artists, and mothers — creating a new blueprint for resistance in a society that demands their exhaustion while denying their safety and dignity.—
Daisy Auger-Domínguez,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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His dream is to help seed a truly circular economy whereby his compatriots can safely, cleanly and with dignity turn garbage into gold.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
6 Aug. 2025
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The bravest thing a leader can do right now is say what needs to be said – with specificity, honesty, and focus.—
Lisa Bodell,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Ian told Newsweek about his experience of the situation, and his thoughts on honesty within the tricky terrain of online dating.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Decency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decency. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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