public decency

Frequency: 6.89.0 per million words

Standards of behavior that are considered acceptable in public.

decencyADJECTIVE + NOUN

Categories:

public

Examples (10)

  • Your conduct is an affront to public decency.
  • He was arrested and charged with outraging public decency.
  • The film was censored because it was deemed a threat to public decency.
  • Broadcasters have a responsibility to maintain standards of public decency.
  • What is considered a violation of public decency can vary greatly between cultures.
  • The new legislation aims to protect public decency and order.
  • Their behavior in the park was a flagrant disregard for public decency.
  • There is a fine line between artistic expression and offending public decency.
  • Teaching children about public decency is part of their social education.
  • The community board argued that the advertisement campaign was an offense against public decency.