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decency [ˈdi:snsɪ] N

1. decency no pl (respectability):

decency

поря́дочность f

2. decency pl (approved behaviour):

decency

благопристо́йность f

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The protection of decency was also a proposed objective. en.wikipedia.org

For reasons of public decency, women convicted of high treason were instead burned at the stake. en.wikipedia.org

Only when the boy is hoping to become wise and virtuous is his surrender to the man not offensive to human decency. en.wikipedia.org

He even rejected normal ideas about human decency. en.wikipedia.org

The practice must stop; our nation must return to honesty and decency in politics. en.wikipedia.org

At long last, have you left no sense of decency? en.wikipedia.org

The distinction between minimal decency (an ethical obligation) and supererogation helps moral agents understand and protect their own and each other's. en.wikipedia.org

For reasons of public decency, women convicted of high treason were burnt at the stake. en.wikipedia.org

She claimed that the university was operating outside the bounds of common decency, collegiality, professionalism and integrity. en.wikipedia.org

What is she getting paid all that money for if her own staff is treated with such little decency? en.wikipedia.org

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