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in·de·cen·cy
 indecency
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- pronunciation:
- In
di
s
 n
si
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
indecencies |
| definition 1: |
the quality or state of being indecent.
- antonyms:
- decency
- similar words:
- obscenity
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| definition 2: |
an indecent act or comment; impropriety; obscenity.
- similar words:
- bawdy, filth, obscenity, ribaldry
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| related words: |
dirt, proposition |
adjective + (n.)indecency
broad, coarse, controversial, current, expanding, federal, fine, gross, increased, judicial, maximum, naked, public, recent, selected, supreme
verb + (n.)indecency
address,
apply,
arrest,
charge,
cite,
commit,
confirm,
convict,
curb,
define,
enforce,
examine,
fight,
fine,
increase,
inspire,
invalidate,
involve,
prohibit,
protect,
punish,
push,
refuse,
regulate,
require,
restrict,
scuttle,
settle,
subject,
threaten,
violate,
wage
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noun + (n.)indecency
airwaves,
approach,
argument,
assault,
broadcast,
broadcaster,
cable,
charge,
child,
commission,
communication,
complaint,
concept,
congress,
context,
count,
crackdown,
decency,
decision,
definition,
determination,
effort,
enforcement,
fines,
guidance,
immorality,
imprecision,
internet,
jail,
language,
law,
material,
media,
obscenity,
offense,
penalty,
policy,
pornography,
probation,
profanity,
public,
radio,
regime,
regulation,
restriction,
rule,
ruling,
sex,
standard,
station,
television,
trial,
violation,
violence,
war
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The word indecency
contains the following part:
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
  More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence
and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, accountancy, admittance, agency, ambiance, ambience, appetency, arrogance, ascendancy, attendance, audience, belligerency, benevolence, brilliancy, buoyancy, cadence, clemency, complacency, conference, confidence, consequence, conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, contingency, counterinsurgency, countertendency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, difference, disappearance, discrepancy, disturbance, efficiency, eloquence, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, importance, incoherency, inconsistency, incumbency, indecency, independence, independency, inefficiency, infancy, insufficiency, insurgency, interagency, interdependency, itinerancy, latency, leniency, malfeasance, malignancy, mendicancy, nonbelligerency, nonemergency, occupancy, occurrence, patency, permanency, piquancy, poignancy, potency, preference, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, pungency, redundancy, regency, remembrance, residence, residency, science, solvency, stringency, subagency, sufficiency, superefficiency, superintendency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy
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