In‐de″cen‐cy (?), n.; pl.Indecencies (#). [L. indecentia unseemliness: cf. F. indécence.]
1. The quality or state of being indecent; want of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity.
2. That which is indecent; an indecent word or act; an offense against delicacy.
They who, by speech or writing, present to the ear or the eye of modesty any of the indecencies I allude to, are pests of society. Beattie.
Syn. — Indelicacy; indecorum; immodesty; impurity; obscenity. See Indecorum.