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decencies
/ ˈdiːsənsɪz /
plural noun
- the decenciesthose things that are considered necessary for a decent life
- standards of behaviour considered correct by polite society; proprieties
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Mr. Lucas has been, and gone, and there is not much beyond the decencies of ordinary sentiment to be got from him.
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It was very proper that the United States government should thus outrage the common decencies of judicial process.
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The man was perpetually defying the decencies and delicacies which were as perfume in Braybrooke's nostrils.
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By our long sitting together, we lose, by our familiarity and acquaintance, the decencies of the house.
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He respects the decencies of life, and does not strike below the belt, or creep down the back of your neck.
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