moral decency
Frequency: 6.27.8 per million words
Behavior that conforms to accepted standards of morality.
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- Society relies on a shared sense of moral decency to function properly.
- His actions showed a complete disregard for basic moral decency.
- The new broadcasting code aims to uphold standards of moral decency.
- Is it too much to ask for a little moral decency in politics?
- She was guided by a strong personal code of moral decency throughout her life.
- The film was criticized for its lack of moral decency and gratuitous violence.
- We have a responsibility to teach the next generation about moral decency.
- It's an affront to moral decency to exploit the vulnerable.
- Each culture establishes its own baseline for what constitutes moral decency.
- Without moral decency, trust erodes and communities fall apart.