What is "decentness"

decent \de"cent\ (d[=e]"sent), a. [L. decens, decentis, p. pr. of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory, honor, ornament, Gr. dokei^n to seem good, to seem, think; cf. Skr. d[=a][,c] to grant, to give; and perh. akin to E. attire, tire: cf. F. d['e]cent. Cf. Decorate, Decorum, Deign.]

1. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.
   --Shak.

   Before his decent steps.
   --Milton.

2. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.

3. Comely; shapely; well-formed. [Archaic]

   A sable stole of cyprus lawn Over thy decent shoulders drawn.
   --Milton.

   By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed.
   --Pope.

4. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person.

   A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs.
   --Burke. -- De"cent*ly, adv. -- De"cent*ness, n.

n. The state or quality of being decent.