decency
Respectability in conduct
Decency is behavior that conforms to accepted standards of propriety and morality.
It encompasses respect for others, appropriate conduct, and basic human consideration: Have the decency to call if you're going to be late.
The decencies are the requirements of respectable behavior.
Decency also means modesty regarding the body—covering what shouldn't be exposed: She waited until he had a towel on for decency's sake.
Study of right conduct
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
conscience · honesty · morals · honor · goodness · uprightness · scruples · trustworthiness
Courteous, respectful conduct
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- mannersCustoms of polite conduct
- respectRegard with honor
- considerationCareful thought or compensation
graciousness · cordiality · tact · diplomacy · kindness · affability · congeniality · amicability
Timid self-consciousness
- humilityFreedom from arrogance
- reserveSupply kept back
- chastityAbstaining from sexual activity
- purityUncontaminated quality
discretion · propriety · restraint · demureness · decorum · seemliness · appropriateness · conservatism
Innate personal worth
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
- standingPosition, physical or social
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
prestige · honor · wholesomeness · character · reputability · nobility · legitimacy · acceptability
Fair treatment under law
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- reasonablenessQuality of being fair-minded
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- empathySharing another's emotions
benevolence · altruism · humaneness · consideration · kindness · generosity · charity · goodwill
ethics
Study of right conduct
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
principles · conscience · honesty · morals · honor · goodness · uprightness · scruples · trustworthiness · rectitude
politeness
Courteous, respectful conduct
consideration · graciousness · cordiality · tact · diplomacy · kindness · affability · congeniality · amicability · deference
bashfulness
Timid self-consciousness
purity · discretion · propriety · restraint · demureness · decorum · seemliness · appropriateness · conservatism · tastefulness
dignity
Innate personal worth
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
- standingPosition, physical or social
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
esteem · prestige · honor · wholesomeness · character · reputability · nobility · legitimacy · acceptability · standards
justice
Fair treatment under law
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- reasonablenessQuality of being fair-minded
- compassionConcern for others' distress
empathy · benevolence · altruism · humaneness · consideration · kindness · generosity · charity · goodwill · tolerance
- valuesvalue, honesty, worth, fairness, morals
- compassionsympathy, empathy, caring, kindness, tenderness
- dignity and respecthuman dignity, self-worth, respect, mutual respect, self-respect
- etiquettemanners, politeness, etiquette, table manners, courtesy
- fair playfair chance, fair shake, respect, fair treatment, honesty
- integrityintegrity, honesty, truthfulness, uprightness, rectitude
decencyimmorality
Quality of being wicked
wickedness · evil · depravity · corruption · degeneracy
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Offensive or vulgar behavior
impropriety · indecorum · vulgarity · crudeness · coarseness
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Offensive or vulgar behavior
immodesty · obscenity · lewdness · shamelessness · indecent exposure
- do the decent thingBehave ethically when tested
- halfway decentMinimally satisfactory
- human decency
- public decencyAcceptable behavior in shared spaces
- pretty decent
- decency standardsCriteria for acceptable behavior
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