Indecency
[in-dee-suh n-see] /ɪnˈdi sən si/
noun, plural indecencies for 4.
1.
the quality or condition of being .
2.
impropriety or immodesty.
3.
obscenity or indelicacy.
4.
an act, remark, etc.
/ɪnˈdiːsənsɪ/
noun (pl) -cies
1.
the state or quality of being indecent
2.
an indecent act, etc
n.
1580s, from Latin indecentia “unseemliness, impropriety,” noun of quality from indecentem (see indecent).
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