[ˈdiːsnsi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- behaviour that conforms to accepted standards of morality or respectability
(e.g: she had the decency to come and confess)

- things required for a reasonable standard of life
(e.g: I can't afford any of the decencies of life)


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Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘appropriateness, fitness’): from Latin decentia, from decent- ‘being fitting’ (see decent)