n. 正派;正直;體面;社會上高尚文雅行為的標準;
?? dec 美+ency 名詞后綴→體面,莊重
"Her behaviour showed a total lack of common decency ."
她的舉止顯示她連起碼的禮節都不懂。
近義:honesty, appropriateness, integrity, politeness, propriety, seemliness
反義:impertinence, impudence, impudency, impudicity, insolence, lip