DECENCY Synonyms

• the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect

• formality in bearing and appearance

• high office or rank or station

• that which is pleasing or valuable or useful

• moral excellence or admirableness

• the quality of being honest

• southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration

• a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

• the state of being honored

• the quality of being honorable and having a good name

• a woman's virtue or chastity

• bestow honor or rewards upon

• show respect towards

• accept as pay

• an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting

• moral soundness

• freedom from vanity or conceit

• formality and propriety of manner

• concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct

• motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

• being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material

• the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil

• a woman's virtue or chastity

• honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation

• adhering to moral principles

• the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong

• any admirable quality or attribute

• morality with respect to sexual relations

• a particular moral excellence