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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the quality of being indecent;

2. an indecent or improper act;
[syn: indecency, impropriety]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Indecency \In*de"cen*cy\, n.; pl. Indecencies. [L. indecentia unseemliness: cf. F. ind['e]cence.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or state of being indecent; lack of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is indecent; an indecent word or act; an offense against delicacy. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

indecency n 1: the quality of being indecent [ant: decency] 2: an indecent or improper act [syn: indecency, impropriety]