What does decence mean?

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decence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Obsolete

"When the Decence and Convenience of a thing is considered, we should attribute much to the Wisdom of Authority"
"What with more decence were in silence kept, And but for this unjust Reproach had slept?"

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