In*de"cen*cy (?), n.; pl. Indecencies (#). [L. indecentia unseemliness: cf. F. ind'ecence.]
1.
The quality or state of being indecent; want of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity.
2.
That which is indecent; an indecent word or act; an offense against delicacy.
They who, by speech or writing, present to the ear or the eye of modesty any of the indecencies I allude to, are pests of society.
Beattie.
Syn. -- Indelicacy; indecorum; immodesty; impurity; obscenity. See Indecorum.
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