Decency and Respect

Decency

Decency noun - Socially acceptable behavior.

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Respect and decency are semantically related. in courtesy topic. In some cases you can use "Respect" instead a noun "Decency".

Nearby Words: decent, decently

Respect noun - Relation to or concern with something specified.

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Decency and respect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decency" instead a noun "Respect".

appropriate	appropriate decency	appropriate respect
genuine	genuine decency	genuine respect
actual	actual decency	actual respect
real	real decency	real respect
Other adjectives: little, general, fundamental, basic.

By the end, she learns what a Jerk Ass she'd been and treats her Arranged Marriage husband with decency and respect.

Source: Break the Haughty
Reasonable Authority Figure: Sam Deeds is an honest, fair-minded Sheriff who treats his staff, the townspeople and even prisoners with decency and respect.

Source: Film / Lone Star
Thomas Cromwell treats most people with decency and respect until they give him reason not to; he pulls up a chair for the near-fainting Princess Mary when her mother tells her to stand out of courtesy and is kind to his subordinates.

Source: Nice to the Waiter

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