INDECENCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does indecency mean? 

• INDECENCY (noun)
  The noun INDECENCY has 2 senses:

1. the quality of being indecent

2. an indecent or improper act

  Familiarity information: INDECENCY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDECENCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being indecent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("indecency" is a kind of...):

improperness; impropriety (an improper demeanor)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indecency"):

immodesty (the trait of being vain and conceited)

enormity; outrageousness (the quality of being outrageous)

bawdiness; lewdness; obscenity; salaciousness; salacity (the trait of behaving in an obscene manner)

Antonym:

decency (the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality)

Derivation:

indecent (offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters)

indecent (offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance)

indecent (not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An indecent or improper act

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

impropriety; indecency

Hypernyms ("indecency" is a kind of...):

misbehavior; misbehaviour; misdeed (improper or wicked or immoral behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indecency"):

obscenity (an obscene act)

Derivation:

indecent (offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters)

indecent (offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance)

indecent (not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society)

 Context examples 

And they were not namby-pamby oaths, or mere expressions of indecency.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)