Decency — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality

the quality of being polite and respectable

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dɪsɡˈʌstɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/dˈiːsənsi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˈiːsənsi/

3 syllables Say it as /dɪsɡˈʌstɚ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Antonyms

indecency

Word Forms

decent

adjective

socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Anstand

die Qualität der Einhaltung von Anstands- und Moralnormen

🇫🇷French

décence

la qualité de se conformer aux normes de bienséance et de moralité

🇪🇸Spanish

decencia

la cualidad de ajustarse a las normas de propiedad y moralidad.

🇮🇹Italian

decenza

la qualità di conformarsi agli standard di correttezza e moralità

🇳🇱Dutch

fatsoen

de kwaliteit van het voldoen aan normen van fatsoen en moraliteit

🇵🇹Portuguese

decência

a qualidade de estar em conformidade com padrões de propriedade e moralidade

🇷🇺Russian

порядочность

качество соответствия стандартам приличия и морали

India

🇮🇳Hindi

शिष्टता

औचित्य और नैतिकता के मानकों के अनुरूप होने की गुणवत्ता

🇧🇩Bengali

শালীনতা

যথাযথতা এবং নৈতিকতার মান মেনে চলার গুণমান

🇮🇳Tamil

கண்ணியம்

தனியுரிமை மற்றும் ஒழுக்கத்தின் தரங்களுக்கு இணங்குவதற்கான தரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

మర్యాద

యాజమాన్యం మరియు నైతికత యొక్క ప్రమాణాలకు అనుగుణంగా ఉండే నాణ్యత

🇮🇳Marathi

सभ्यता

योग्यता आणि नैतिकतेच्या मानकांचे पालन करण्याची गुणवत्ता

🇮🇳Gujarati

શિષ્ટાચાર

યોગ્યતા અને નૈતિકતાના ધોરણોને અનુરૂપ ગુણવત્તા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಭ್ಯತೆ

ಔಚಿತ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ನೈತಿಕತೆಯ ಮಾನದಂಡಗಳಿಗೆ ಅನುಗುಣವಾಗಿರುವ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മാന്യത

ഔചിത്യത്തിൻ്റെയും ധാർമ്മികതയുടെയും മാനദണ്ഡങ്ങളുമായി പൊരുത്തപ്പെടുന്നതിൻ്റെ ഗുണനിലവാരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸ਼ਿਸ਼ਟਾਚਾਰ

ਯੋਗਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਨੈਤਿਕਤਾ ਦੇ ਮਿਆਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਅਨੁਕੂਲ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਗੁਣਵੱਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

شائستگی

مناسبیت اور اخلاقیات کے معیار کے مطابق ہونے کا معیار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

正派

符合礼义道德的品质

🇯🇵Japanese

良識

礼儀と道徳の基準に適合するという品質

🇰🇷Korean

예절 바름

예의와 도덕의 기준에 부합하는 품질

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự đứng đắn

chất lượng của việc tuân thủ các tiêu chuẩn về sự đúng đắn và đạo đức

🇹🇭Thai

ความเหมาะสม

คุณภาพการปฏิบัติตามมาตรฐานความเหมาะสมและศีลธรรม

🇮🇩Indonesian

kesopanan

kualitas kesesuaian dengan standar kesopanan dan moralitas

🇵🇭Filipino

pagiging disente

ang kalidad ng pagsunod sa mga pamantayan ng pagiging angkop at moralidad

🇲🇾Malay

kesopanan

kualiti mematuhi piawaian kewajaran dan moral

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الحشمة

جودة المطابقة لمعايير اللياقة والأخلاق

🇮🇷Persian

نجابت

کیفیت انطباق با استانداردهای شایستگی و اخلاق

🇹🇷Turkish

nezaket

görgü ve ahlak standartlarına uyma kalitesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

הֲגִינוּת

איכות ההתאמה לסטנדרטים של תקינות ומוסר

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