Indecencies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Indecency \In*de"cen*cy\, n.; pl. {Indecencies}. [L. indecentia
     unseemliness: cf. F. ind['e]cence.]
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     1. The quality or state of being indecent; lack of decency,
        modesty, or good manners; obscenity.
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     2. That which is indecent; an indecent word or act; an
        offense against delicacy.
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              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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