human decency

Frequency: 7.814.2 per million words

Kindness and respect for other people, considered a fundamental part of being human.

decencyADJECTIVE + NOUN

Categories:

human

Examples (10)

  • His actions showed a complete lack of human decency.
  • Don't you have any sense of human decency?
  • Treating refugees with compassion is a matter of basic human decency.
  • Leaving the injured animal on the road was an affront to human decency.
  • We must teach our children the importance of human decency and kindness.
  • The concept of human decency transcends cultural and religious boundaries.
  • Even in the darkest of times, small acts of human decency can shine through.
  • She appealed to their sense of human decency to help the victims of the disaster.
  • It wasn't just a legal requirement; it was a simple act of human decency.
  • Forgetting to thank someone who helped you violates the simplest standards of human decency.