† decencen.
Obsolete.
a. = decency n.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] > fittingness or propriety
righteousnessOE
duea1425
properness1531
decency1567
dueness1576
decorum1586
fitness1597
orthotes1605
propriety1612
befittingnessa1645
beseemlinessa1645
fittingness1653
becomeness1656
beseemingness1656
becomingness1657
condecency1662
competibleness1667
decence1678
1678 T. Sprat Serm. Gal. vi. 10 In good works..there may be goodness in the general; but decence and gracefulness can be only in the particulars in doing the good.
1683 W. Clagett Answer Dissenters Object. 10 When the Decence and Convenience of a thing is considered, we should attribute much to the Wisdom of Authority.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 501 And must I own.. my secret Smart? What with more decence were in silence kept.
b. As confessedly Fr.:
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1836 H. Greville Diary (Stanf.) 94 To the opera to see Taglioni dance..Her grace and décence are something that no one can imagine who has not seen her.
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