Decency
(noun)
- The quality of being honest and respectable.
- The state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behaviour or morals.
Origin:
Late middle english: from old french decente, from latin decent- "being becoming", from the verb decere.
Examples:
- The decency of the proposal was questionable.
- He acted with decency and integrity.
- The community had a high standard of decency.
- The society valued decency and respectability.
- The company's reputation for decency attracted customers.