Definitions for indecencies

indecencies in·de·cen·cy

Spelling: [in-dee-suh n-see]
IPA: /ɪnˈdi sən si/

Indecencies is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 204 anagrams from letters in indecencies (ccdeeeiinns).

Definitions for indecencies

noun

  1. the quality or condition of being indecent.
  2. impropriety or immodesty.
  3. obscenity or indelicacy.
  4. an indecent act, remark, etc.

Origin of indecencies

From the Latin word indecentia, dating back to 1580-90. See indecent, -ency

Examples for indecencies

No matter where it may be drawn, decency is close to it on one side and indecency on the other.

Indeed the Chinese religions are said to be hostile to indecency.

Our shock is not from indecency, but from the absence of self-possession, the ultimate bourgeois possession.

Describing this as a “performance” borders on indecency, of course.

Here, indecency reigns, with residents of these rival neighborhoods tripping over one another to broadcast their racism.

Out of this has come the notion of what is obscene, as the extreme of indecency and impropriety.

Not just by an indecent, illegal image, but by indecency and illegality itself.

indecency in broadcasting became a major concern, and CBS was fined over half a million dollars.

Somehow I had a sense that she was conscious of the indecency of this.

It is not indecency; it is simply an animal absence of modesty.

Word Value for indecencies
Scrable

17

Words with friends

20

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