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† inˈdecence Obs. rare.
[f. indecent (see -ence): perh. a. F. indécence (16th c.).]
Unbecomingness, impropriety: = indecency 1.
1714Burnet Hist. Ref. III. Introd. (R.), I was indeed amazed to find a poor harmless woman..so carried to an indecence of barbarity. 1740tr. De Mouhy's Fort. Country Maid (1741) II. 93 To commit such an Indecence. a1797H. Walpole Mem. Geo. III (1845) I. viii. 122 Stating to Barré the indecence of treating an infirm and much older man with such licence. |