Decency and Vileness

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Decency noun - Conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong.

Usage example: expected all of the scouts in his troop to be models of decency

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Vileness is an antonym for decency.

Nearby Words: decent, decently

Vileness noun - The state or quality of being utterly evil.

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Decency is an antonym for vileness in topics: depravity, badness, obscenity, indecency.

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