Decency and Loyalty

Decency

Decency noun - Socially acceptable behavior.

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

Nearby Words: decent, decently

Loyalty noun - Adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty.

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Decency and loyalty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decency" instead a noun "Loyalty".

Nearby Words: loyal, loyally, loyalist

pure	pure decency	pure loyalty
common	common decency	common loyalty
genuine	genuine decency	genuine loyalty
simple	simple decency	simple loyalty
Other adjectives: actual, real, unwavering, little, inherent, general.

Evil Virtues: The Nazis are shown to have some sense of personal loyalty and even decency towards each other, despite being monsters.

Source: Series / Seventeen Moments of Spring
The Fettered: Many try with very little success, as reality often tests people by pulling them between two or more oaths and responsibilities, like say loyalty vs morality, honour vs family, human decency vs survival, or just all and more at once.

Source: Deconstructed Character Archetype / A Song of Ice and Fire
Jaime himself gave up being The Fettered, after seeing his initial loyalty to King Aerys rewarded with front row views of his atrocities, and his eventual decision to put him down in the name of decency rewarded with being termed the Kingslayer.

Source: Deconstructed Character Archetype / A Song of Ice and Fire

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