What is the meaning of Decency?

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(n.) That which is proper or becoming.
(n.) The quality or state of being decent, suitable or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions or in discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum; modesty.

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