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1 decency
decency n1 ( good manners) politesse f ; common decency la simple politesse ; they might have had the decency to thank us ils auraient pu avoir la politesse or la correction de nous remercier ; you can't in all decency ask him to pay tu ne peux décemment pas lui demander de payer ;2 ( morality) he hasn't an ounce of decency il n'a pas le moindre sens moral ;3 ( propriety) convenances fpl ; ( in sexual matters) décence f ; he has no sense of decency il n'a aucun sens des convenances ; for the sake of decency par souci or respect des convenances ; to observe the decencies fml observer or respecter les convenances. -
2 decency
décence f;∎ for decency's sake pour respecter les convenances;∎ for decency's sake! un peu de décence!;∎ British an offence against public decency un outrage à la pudeur;∎ to have the (common) decency to do sth avoir la décence de faire qch;∎ the decencies les convenances;∎ to observe the decencies observer les convenances
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