Decency and Worth

Decency

Decency noun - Socially acceptable behavior.

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

Nearby Words: decent, decently

Worth noun - The relative usefulness or importance of something as judged by specific qualities.

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Decency and worth are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decency" instead a noun "Worth".

Nearby Words: worthless, worthy, worthiness, wort

human	human decency	human worth
actual	actual decency	actual worth
real	real decency	real worth
little	little decency	little worth
Other adjectives: social, innate, inherent, moral, political.

Is Tris a brave, compassionate, sharp but self-doubting heroine who is worth rooting for, or is she an angsty, self-absorbed person with little human decency despite her upbringing, and some sort of constant mild concussion that blinds her to the bleedin' obvious?

Source: Alternative Character Interpretation / Literature
Kaiji's worldview starts out more or less the same, but his concealed beliefs about the worth of humanity, trust and decency quickly gain the upper hand and a humanist view starts to settle in and remains there despite going through things that confirm the cynical vision.

Source: Manga / Kaiji

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