The Collaborative International Dictionary
Indecency \In*de"cen*cy\, n.; pl. Indecencies. [L. indecentia unseemliness: cf. F. ind['e]cence.]
The quality or state of being indecent; lack of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity.
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That which is indecent; an indecent word or act; an offense against delicacy.
They who, by speech or writing, present to the ear or the eye of modesty any of the indecencies I allude to, are pests of society.
--Beattie.Syn: Indelicacy; indecorum; immodesty; impurity; obscenity. See Indecorum.
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n. (plural of indecency English)
Usage examples of "indecencies".
It was a most gaudy and gorgeous crowd, as to costumery, and very characteristic of the country and the time, in the way of high animal spirits, innocent indecencies of language, and happy-hearted indifference to morals.
And there are indecencies even more bizarre: onanists breaking a sweat on monkeys, ponies, birds.