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Definition: DECENCIES

Part of Speech Definition
Noun Plural 1. Plural inflection of the noun decency.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun Base
(decency)		 1. The quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality.[Wordnet].
2. The quality of being polite and respectable.[Wordnet].
3. The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum; modesty.[Websters].
4. That which is proper or becoming.[Websters].

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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"Decencies" is a common misspelling or typo for: decenciers.

Date "Decencies" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references)

Definition: DECENCIES

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun Plural1. Plural inflection of the noun decency.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun Base
(decency)		1. The quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality.[Wordnet].
2. The quality of being polite and respectable.[Wordnet].
3. The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum; modesty.[Websters].
4. That which is proper or becoming.[Websters].

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "DECENCIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references)

Common Expressions: decency

ExpressionsDefinition
American Decency AssociationThe American Decency Association is a religious organization. (references)
Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005Bill Number S. 193 is a telecommunications bill designed to govern broadcast media. Republican Senator Sam Brownback from Kansas sponsored the Bill. (references)
Catholic Legion of DecencyIn 1951 it condemned the Tennesse Williams film, A Streetcar Named Desire. (references)
European decency thresholdThe Council of Europe's Social Charter initially defined the decency threshold in the 1960s as 68% of average earnings within a national economy. These articles of the Social Charter have since changed to that of 60% of net earnings (as of July 2004) which is in real terms a significant reduction as women, on average, earn a lot less than men. (references)
National Legion of DecencyThe National Legion of Decency was an organization dedicated to identifying, and combatting, objectionable content in American motion pictures. Founded in April of 1934, for the first quarter-century or so of its existence, the legion wielded great power in the American motion picture industry. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: decency

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Communications Decency ActComputing (CDA) An amendment to the U.S. 1996 Telecommunications Bill that went into effect on 08 February 1996, outraging thousands of Internet users who turned their web pages black in protest. The law, originally proposed by Senator James Exon to protect children from obscenity on the Internet, ended up making it punishable by fines of up to $250,000 to post indecent language on the Internet anywhere that a minor could read it. The Electronic Frontier Foundation created public domain blue ribbon icons that many web authors downloaded and displayed on their web pages. On 12 June 1996, a three-judge panel in Philadelphia ruled the CDA unconstitutional and issued an injunction against the United States Justice Department forbidding them to enforce the "indecency" provisions of the law. Internet users celebrated by displaying an animated "Free Speech" fireworks icon to their web pages, courtesy of the Voters Telecommunications Watch. The Justice Department has appealed the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. (1996-11-03). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing..
Communications Decency ActPost & TelecomA law making it punishable by fines of up to $250, 000 to post indecent language on the Internet anywhere that a minor could read it. Source: European Union. (references)
Decency thresholdLaborConcept adopted by the Committee of Experts of the European Social Charter (Council of Europe) which demands that wages should not fall below 68% of the national average wage. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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