Meaning & use
Indecence
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The quality of being indecent; behavior, language, or dress that offends accepted standards of modesty or propriety.
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The judge ruled that the performance did not cross the line into legal indecence.
Villagers were shocked by the sheer indecence of his public outburst.
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Indecence is often used as a legal term, as in 'gross indecence,' referring to conduct that violates public standards of modesty.
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