Conduct and Decency

Conduct

Conduct noun - The act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something.

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Decency and conduct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Decency" instead a noun "Conduct".

Decency noun - Socially acceptable behavior.

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Conduct and decency are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Conduct" instead a noun "Decency".

Nearby Words: decent, decently

human	human conduct	human decency
appropriate	appropriate conduct	appropriate decency
actual	actual conduct	actual decency
social	social conduct	social decency
Other adjectives: moral, general, basic, gentlemanly.

Due to the Dead: Chris cant be bothered to conduct a funeral for a presumably dead contestant, but Chef agrees to do so, thereby demonstating Chris' callousness and Chef's decency.

Source: Fan Fic / The Legend of Total Drama Island
The 'halo effect' — the idea that we tend to excuse the conduct of physically attractive people or imbue them with more inherent decency (justifiably or not) because of their physical attractiveness — can have a powerful effect in fiction.

Source: Jerkass Dissonance

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