indecency

indecency
I
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [The quality of being indecent]
Syn. coarseness, grossness, bawdiness, vulgarity; see lewdness .
2. [An instance of indecency]
Syn. impurity, immodesty, offense, incivility, impropriety, indecorum, ribaldry, indelicacy, obscenity, vulgarity, raciness, four-letter word, lewdness, drunkenness, quadriliteral, pornography, smut, foulness.
Ant. propriety, purity, delicacy.
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
obscenity, foulness, offensiveness, vulgarity, filthiness, *raunchiness, vileness, incivility, crudity, impropriety.
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun An improper act or statement: impropriety, indecorum, indelicacy. See USUAL.

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