decentness
State of propriety
Decentness is the quality of being decent—adequate, respectable, or morally proper.
The word is rare; decency covers the same ground and sounds more natural in nearly every context.
The decentness of the accommodations surprised us works but the decency of the accommodations is what most speakers would say.
Fitting social conduct
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- respectabilityMoral and social worthiness
- seemlinessAppropriate conduct quality
- appropriatenessQuality of being suitable
correctness · politeness · manners · civility · tactfulness · decorousness · fitness · suitableness
Study of right conduct
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- goodnessMoral excellence
honesty · conscience · principles · uprightness · rectitude · honor · trustworthiness · scrupulousness
Collective opinion of someone
- standingPosition, physical or social
- reputePublic standing or esteem
- dignityInnate personal worth
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
esteem · credibility · worthiness · good name · social standing · legitimacy · acceptance · regard
State of being enough
- acceptabilityState of being sufficient
- passabilitySufficient to get through
- satisfactorinessQuality of being adequate
- tolerabilityAcceptableness of something unpleasant
competence · serviceability · averageness · mediocrity · suitability · fitness · permissibility · baseline
Freedom from arrogance
- unpretentiousnessAbsence of showiness
- demurenessModest, reserved quality
- reserveSupply kept back
- simplicityLack of complexity
understatement · discretion · plainness · unassumingness · self-effacement · restraint · temperance · soberness
decorum
Fitting social conduct
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- respectabilityMoral and social worthiness
- seemlinessAppropriate conduct quality
appropriateness · correctness · politeness · manners · civility · tactfulness · decorousness · fitness · suitableness · good taste
ethics
Study of right conduct
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
goodness · honesty · conscience · principles · uprightness · rectitude · honor · trustworthiness · scrupulousness · probity
reputation
Collective opinion of someone
honor · esteem · credibility · worthiness · good name · social standing · legitimacy · acceptance · regard · approbation
sufficiency
State of being enough
- acceptabilityState of being sufficient
- passabilitySufficient to get through
- satisfactorinessQuality of being adequate
tolerability · competence · serviceability · averageness · mediocrity · suitability · fitness · permissibility · baseline · minimalism
humility
Freedom from arrogance
- unpretentiousnessAbsence of showiness
- demurenessModest, reserved quality
- reserveSupply kept back
simplicity · understatement · discretion · plainness · unassumingness · self-effacement · restraint · temperance · soberness · meekness
decentnessdepravity
Profound moral corruption
wickedness · immorality · vileness · corruption · evil
decentnessindecency
Offensive or vulgar behavior
impropriety · shamelessness · vulgarity · crudeness · lewdness
decentnesspoorness
Lack of wealth
inadequacy · shoddiness · wretchedness · insufficiency · mediocrity
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