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decency1/4
'diːs(ə)n(t)sɪNounблагопристойность; приличие; вежливость; любезностьExamples

a spark of decency — капля приличия
Have you no sense of decency? — У тебя совсем нет чувства приличия?
He didn't even have the decency to apologize. — Он даже не потрудился извиниться.
If he had to smoke in her flat, he could at least have the decency to empty the ashtray. — Раз уж он курил в её квартире, он мог бы по крайней мере выбросить окурки из пепельницы.

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  1. 1.

    благопристойность

    translation added by Maria Kozhemyakina
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    благопристойность, приличие

    translation added by Nina Tatarinova
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decency

noun
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Common casedecencydecencies
Possessive casedecency'sdecencies'