decencies
Britishplural noun
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those things that are considered necessary for a decent life
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standards of behaviour considered correct by polite society; proprieties
Example Sentences
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Nor, in many cases, are they accorded the simple decencies that are part of formal employment.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2020
“As I wrap this up, there will still be a Tagovailoa here playing football,” Tua Tagovailoa said while making sure to tout the other two, amid remarks strewn with such decencies.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2020
By refusing to recognize the virtues of others, or even to observe the ordinary decencies, he succeeds only in diminishing himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2018
We don’t like sanctimony, nor do we like meeting people who think they are too good to observe the proprieties of common decencies.
From Time ● Feb. 2, 2012
They could see the pro- ' cessional clerics busy about the decencies of death, and the twinkling knights standing motionless, and the people’s heads, like baskets of coconuts, round the outside of the square.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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