indecency Meaning, Definition & Usage

In*de"cen*cy noun

Etymology

L. indecentia unseemliness: cf. F. indécence.

Wordforms

plural Indecencies

Definitions

1. The quality or state of being indecent; want of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity.
2. That which is indecent; an indecent word or act; an offense against delicacy.

   They who, by speech or writing, present to the ear or the eye of modesty any of the indecencies I allude to, are pests of society. Beattie.

   Syn. -- Indelicacy; indecorum; immodesty; impurity; obscenity. See Indecorum.