indecency

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪnˈdiːsənsi/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɪnˈdisənsi/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(in dē′sən sē)

Inflections of 'indecency' (n): npl: indecencies

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
in•de•cen•cy /ɪnˈdisənsi/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -cies. 
  1. [uncountable] the quality or condition of being indecent:indecency in the movies.
  2. an indecent act:[countable]accused of all sorts of indecencies.
See -dece-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
in•de•cen•cy  (in dē′sən sē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cies for 4.
  1. the quality or condition of being indecent.
  2. impropriety or immodesty.
  3. obscenity or indelicacy.
  4. an indecent act, remark, etc.
  • Latin indecentia. See indecent, -ency
  • 1580–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
indecency / ɪnˈdiːsənsɪ/ ( -cies)
  1. the state or quality of being indecent
  2. an indecent act, etc
'indecency' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
expressive - impropriety - knuckle - obscenity - outrage - risqué - scurrility - wind

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