Decency and Responsibility

Decency

Decency noun - Socially acceptable behavior.

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

Nearby Words: decent, decently

Responsibility noun - The state of being held as the cause of something that needs to be set right.

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Decency and responsibility are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decency" instead a noun "Responsibility".

Nearby Words: responsible, responsibly

human	human decency	human responsibility
actual	actual decency	actual responsibility
real	real decency	real responsibility
little	little decency	little responsibility
Other adjectives: social, moral, general, basic.

Blushweaver points out to him that, despite appearances to the contrary, his decency and sense of responsibility has actually earned him a great deal of respect among the other gods.

Source: Literature / Warbreaker

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