indecency Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the quality of being indecent
  2. noun an indecent or improper act
    impropriety.

WordNet

In*de"cen*cy noun
Etymology
L. indecentia unseemliness: cf. F. indécence.
Wordforms
plural Indecencies
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being indecent; want of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity.
  2. That which is indecent; an indecent word or act; an offense against delicacy.
    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.

Webster 1913