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Decence

Decence \De"cence\, n. Decency. [Obs.]
--Dryden.

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decence

n. (context obsolete English) decency

Usage examples of "decence".

Deep indignation swell'd Saturnia's heart: "And must I own," she said, "my secret smart-- What with more decence were in silence kept, And, but for this unjust reproach, had slept?