| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun indecency.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (indecency) | 1. The quality of being indecent.[Wordnet]. 2. An indecent or improper act.[Wordnet]. 3. The quality or state of being indecent; want of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity.[Websters]. 4. That which is indecent; an indecent word or act; an offense against delicacy.[Websters]. | |
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Date "INDECENCIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1663. (references) |
Specialty Definition: indecency
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] That which is unbecoming in language or manners; any action or behavior which is deemed a violation of modesty, or an offense to delicacy, as rude or wanton actions, obscene language, and whatever tends to excite a blush in a spectator. Extreme assurance or impudence may also be deemed indecency of behavior towards superiors. [See Indecorum.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Law | INDECENCY. 1. An act against good behaviour and a just delicacy. 2 Serg. & R. 91. 2. The law, in general, will repress indecency as being contrary to good morals, but, when the public good requires it, the mere indecency of disclosures does not suffice to exclude them from being given in evidence. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 3216. 3. The following are examples of indecency: the exposure by a man of his naked person on a balcony, to public view, or bathing in public; 2 Campb. 89; or the exhibition of bawdy pictures. 2 Chit. Cr. Law, 42; 2 Serg. & Rawle, 91. This indecency is punishable by indictment. Vide 1 Sid. 168; S. C. 1 Keb. 620; 2 Yerg. R. 482, 589; 1 Mass. Rep. 8; 2 Chan. Cas. 110; 1 Russ. Cr. 302; 1 Hawk. P. C. c. 5, s. 4; 4 Bl. Com. 65, n.; 1 East, P. C. c. 1, s. 1; Burn's Just. Lewdness. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent. (references) | 2: [Noun] something showing lack of decency; something such as a word that is indecent. (references) | |
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Specialty Expressions: indecency
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Forcible indecency | Law | An offence in which a person by the use of force or serious threats towards another person, or after making that other person by some other means incapable of resistance, compels the other person to tolerate or to commit any indecent act other than rape. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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