† decentnessn.
Obsolete.
The quality of being decent; decency, propriety.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun]
foȝa1250
mensea1525
properness1531
justice?1551
decentness1561
dueness1576
conveniency1583
fitness1597
propriety1612
fittingness1653
convenience1677
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > beauty of shape or form > [noun]
shapea1382
shapeliness1388
well-shape?c1430
makdom1488
decentness1561
feature1595
symmetry1601
decency1610
garba1652
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety
seemlihead?a1366
honestya1398
comeliness1440
seemlihoodc1440
seemlityc1440
semblessea1500
seemliness1548
decentness1561
decorum?1571
handsomeness1595
civility1612
decency1682
exactness1683
elegance1686
propriety1753
thing1791
bienseancea1797
convenances1831
decorousness1834
the becoming1842
correctnessa1859
good (also bad) form1868
properness1873
correctitude1893
the done thing1917
1561 J. Veron Huntynge of Purgatorye f. 37 Shall they [our dead] be caried forth, wythout any decentnesse, as we be wont to cary forth dead horses?
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxviii. 179 There is a comlynesse in eche kinde, and a decentnesse in degree.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1670 (1955) III. 543 The Lawfullnesse, decentnesse & necessitie of subordinate degrees & ranks of men.
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