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as in vulgarity
the quality or state of being obscene
parents complained about the indecency of the song's lyrics
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as in unfitness
the quality or state of not being socially proper
that a remark of such indisputable indecency was uttered at a meeting of the school board made everyone gasp
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Recent Examples of indecency
Glauner is now charged with felony public indecency for lewd exposure near school grounds and a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct.
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Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
That has given the agency the legal ability to regulate such things as indecency and obscenity, as well as commercials in children’s programming.
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Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2026
Miguel Caban Mendez was arrested March 3 and faces two charges of improper relationship between educator and student, two charges of indecency with a child and one charge of indecent assault, according to Carrollton police.
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Suryatapa Chakraborty,
Dallas Morning News,
17 Mar. 2026
Faith and Denise, residents of Arua, a commercial hub in the northwest, have been charged with offenses related to homosexuality and indecency, according to a charge sheet obtained by CNN.
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Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
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Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
That has given the agency the legal ability to regulate such things as indecency and obscenity, as well as commercials in children’s programming.
—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2026
Miguel Caban Mendez was arrested March 3 and faces two charges of improper relationship between educator and student, two charges of indecency with a child and one charge of indecent assault, according to Carrollton police.
—
Suryatapa Chakraborty,
Dallas Morning News,
17 Mar. 2026
Faith and Denise, residents of Arua, a commercial hub in the northwest, have been charged with offenses related to homosexuality and indecency, according to a charge sheet obtained by CNN.
—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indecency
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Benoit delights in language as much as her heroine, weaving Regency-era slang throughout and appending a chapter-by-chapter glossary of vulgarities.
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On Monday night, that park seemed so far away as Knicks fans rained vulgarities down on Wembanyama and his teammates inside Madison Square Garden.
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Musk attempted to color Altman as a uniquely unsuitable supervisor of this technology, but this invariably invited further scrutiny into his own abject unfitness for the role.
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The real issue is Alvero’s unfitness for his office.
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All your Dad has to do is fill it and drink—the microfilter membrane will do the rest by removing chlorine odors, dirt, bacteria, and any other grossness floating around in there.
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There are no great surprises from here on out, though the sheer, lusty grossness of the fallout is occasionally startling.
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And there’s no disrespect intended to fellow Hawks draftee Zuby Ejiofor (a 6-foot-7, 245-pound senior who was Big East Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year?
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Now the removal or disrespect for women.
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Jonathan Xavier Valdez, 36, of Blue Springs, faces charges of production of child obscenity involving multiple minors, according to a news release from Dave Ketchmark, a spokesperson for the United States Attorney’s Office Western District of Missouri.
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People throwing cigarette butts against the house, yelling obscenities, playing derogatory music.
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No, the Heat would never go there, a flat-out, from-the-start commitment to lottery odds no matter the unseemliness of it all.
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This is a distinct category from the Mile-High Clubbers, whose lewdness is much more inappropriate.
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Claud has two convictions for indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 years of age and one conviction for open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior.
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The other funnymen of the time—Milton Berle with his lewd suggestiveness, Jackie Gleason with his baleful roar—did the same shtick over and over.
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“Indecency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indecency. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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