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Another word for indecency

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indecency

n.

The quality of being indecent
coarseness, grossness, bawdiness, vulgarity; see lewdness.
An instance of indecency
impurity, immodesty, offense, incivility, impropriety, indecorum, ribaldry, indelicacy, obscenity, vulgarity, raciness, four-letter word, lewdness, drunkenness, quadriliteral, pornography, smut, foulness.
Antonyms propriety, purity, delicacy.

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Another word for indecency

noun

An improper act or statement:

impropriety, indecorum, indelicacy. See usual

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Just a few years before, Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman had been arrested for indecency in the United States for appearing in a one-piece swimsuit that revealed her legs above the knees, as well as her arms.
In 2002, CNN reported that the Federal Comunications Commission received over 500 email complaints regarding the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, leading the FCC to reexamine their definition of "indecency."
The night-dances were generally accompanied by much indecency and immorality.
As soon as the heresy laws and ecclesiastical jurisdiction had been re-established, Ferrar was examined by Gardiner, and then with signal indecency sent down to be tried by Morgan, his successor in the bishopric of St David's.
In the first place, the comparative indecency of Rabelais has been much exaggerated by persons unfamiliar with early French literature.

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