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Detailed Translations for decency from English to French

decency:

decency [the ~] noun

  1. the decency (respectability; propriety; gentility; seemliness; becomingness)
    la propreté; la bienséance; l'honneur; la décence; la respectabilité; la distinction; la convenance
  2. the decency (politeness; civility)
    la politesse; la décence
  3. the decency (virtue; modesty; solidity; chastity; soundness)
    l'honneur; la sagesse; la pudeur; la modestie; la vertu; la fiabilité; la validité; l'honnêteté; la solidité; la légitimité; la chasteté; la droiture; l'honorabilité; la pudicité; la qualités solides
  4. the decency (good breeding; courtesy; courtliness; )
    la courtoisie; la politesse; le savoir-vivre
  5. the decency (orderliness; tidiness; neatness)
    la netteté; l'ordre; la propreté; la pureté; la jovialité; le plaisir; la tenue; la liesse; la régularité; la réjouissance
  6. the decency (respectability; propriety; civility)
    la convenance; la propreté; la décence; l'ordre; la tenue; la politesse; le savoir-vivre; la bienséance; la bonne tenue; la bien-séance
  7. the decency (delicacy; consideration; discretion)
    la discrétion; le tact; la délicatesse
  8. the decency (virtue)
    la sagesse; l'honnêteté; la droiture

Translation Matrix for decency:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
bien-séance civility; decency; propriety; respectability
bienséance becomingness; civility; decency; gentility; propriety; respectability; seemliness becomingness; decorum; etiquette; propriety; rules of etiquette; seemliness; social convention; suitableness
bonne tenue civility; decency; propriety; respectability faultlessness; impeccability; irreprochability; joy; light-heartedness; merriment; mirth; neatness; orderliness; perfection; pleasure; purity; soundness; spotlessness; stainlessness; tidiness
chasteté chastity; decency; modesty; solidity; soundness; virtue chastity; immaculacy; innocence; purity
convenance becomingness; civility; decency; gentility; propriety; respectability; seemliness decorum; etiquette; rules of etiquette; social convention
courtoisie civility; courtesy; courtliness; decency; etiquette; gallantry; good breeding; good manners; manners; propriety amiability; courtliness; friendliness; geniality; goodwill; heartiness; kindness; knight service; politeness
discrétion consideration; decency; delicacy; discretion complaisance; compliance; confidentiality; courtesy; kindness; modesty; privacy; reserve; restraint; reticence; secrecy; silence; subservience; taciturnity; unpretentiousness
distinction becomingness; decency; gentility; propriety; respectability; seemliness badge; decoration; differentiate; distinction; distinction of manner; distinguishing; honor; honour; insignia; knighthood; mark; medal; order; respectability
droiture chastity; decency; modesty; solidity; soundness; virtue candor; candour; faithfulness; fealty; fidelity; honesty; integrity; loyalty; open-heartedness; probity; uprightness
décence becomingness; civility; decency; gentility; politeness; propriety; respectability; seemliness decorum; etiquette; faultlessness; impeccability; irreprochability; joy; light-heartedness; merriment; mirth; neatness; orderliness; perfection; pleasure; purity; rules of etiquette; social convention; soundness; spotlessness; stainlessness; tidiness
délicatesse consideration; decency; delicacy; discretion confidentiality; cunning; delicacies; delicacy; down to the minutest details; elegance; fastidiousness; finesse; gracefulness; nicety; privacy; refinement; refreshment; secrecy; slyness; snack; subtleness; subtlety; tidbit; titbit
fiabilité chastity; decency; modesty; solidity; soundness; virtue durability; firmness; high quality; probability; reliability; solidity; solidness; solubility; soundness; stability; steadiness; substance; thoroughness
honneur becomingness; chastity; decency; gentility; modesty; propriety; respectability; seemliness; solidity; soundness; virtue deference; glittering; high-spirit; high-spiritedness; honor; honour; honours; luster; lustre; order; pride; respect; respecting; ribbon; sense of honour; sparkle; sparkling; splendor; splendour; tribute
honnêteté chastity; decency; modesty; solidity; soundness; virtue candor; candour; detachment; directness; faithfulness; fealty; fidelity; frankness; honesty; integrity; loyalty; open-heartedness; probity; uprightness
honorabilité chastity; decency; modesty; solidity; soundness; virtue honourability; respectability
jovialité decency; neatness; orderliness; tidiness amiability; brightfulness; carousing; cheerfulness; cordiality; faultlessness; flightiness; friendliness; frivolity; frivolousness; fun; good spirits; good-nature; happiness; heartiness; hospitality; impeccability; irreprochability; joy; joyfulness; light-heartedness; lightheartedness; merriment; mirth; neatness; orderliness; perfection; pleasure; purity; revelry; roistering; shallowness; soundness; spotlessness; stainlessness; superficiality; tidiness; volatility; warm-heartedness
liesse decency; neatness; orderliness; tidiness brightfulness; cheerfulness; delight; ecstasy; effusiveness; enthusiasm; exuberance; faultlessness; good spirits; happiness; high spirits; impeccability; irreprochability; joy; joyfulness; light-heartedness; lightheartedness; merriment; mirth; neatness; orderliness; perfection; pleasure; purity; rapture; ravishment; revelry; soundness; spotlessness; stainlessness; tidiness
légitimité chastity; decency; modesty; solidity; soundness; virtue authenticity; genuineness; lawfulness; legality; legitimacy; rightfulness; validity
modestie chastity; decency; modesty; solidity; soundness; virtue chastity; complaisance; compliance; courtesy; demureness; frugality; having no pretentions; immaculacy; innocence; kindness; meagerness; meagreness; measure; moderation; modesty; parsimony; plainness; purity; quietness; scantiness; simpleness; simplicity; slenderness; sobriety; subservience; unpretentiousness
netteté decency; neatness; orderliness; tidiness chastity; clarity; clearness; faultlessness; immaculacy; impeccability; innocence; irreprochability; joy; light-heartedness; limpidity; merriment; mirth; neatness; orderliness; perfection; pleasure; purity; sharpness; soundness; spotlessness; stainlessness; tidiness
ordre civility; decency; neatness; orderliness; propriety; respectability; tidiness arrangement; assignment; building; class; classification; command; construction; cue; disposition; faultlessness; hierarchy; impeccability; instruction; irreprochability; joy; level; light-heartedness; marshalling; merriment; mirth; motto; neatness; order; order of rank; orderliness; parole; perfection; pleasure; position; purity; ranging; rank; regularity; sequence; shibboleth; social class; social group; social position; soundness; specialism; spotlessness; stainlessness; succession; tidiness
plaisir decency; neatness; orderliness; tidiness amusement; be satisfied with; brightfulness; carousing; cheerfulness; complacency; delight; diversion; enjoyment; entertainment; fascination; faultlessness; fervor; fervour; folly; fun; gladness; glee; good spirits; happiness; high jinks; hilarity; impeccability; interest; irreprochability; joking; joy; joyfulness; light-heartedness; lightheartedness; lunacy; lust; madness; merriment; mirth; neatness; nonsense; orderliness; passion; perfection; pleasure; purity; revelry; roistering; satisfaction; sexual desire; silliness; soundness; spotlessness; stainlessness; tidiness
politesse civility; courtesy; courtliness; decency; etiquette; gallantry; good breeding; good manners; manners; politeness; propriety; respectability decorum; etiquette; good manners; mannerliness; politeness; rules of etiquette; social convention; tidiness
propreté becomingness; civility; decency; gentility; neatness; orderliness; propriety; respectability; seemliness; tidiness chastity; faultlessness; immaculacy; impeccability; innocence; irreprochability; joy; light-heartedness; merriment; mirth; neatness; orderliness; perfection; pleasure; purity; soundness; spotlessness; stainlessness; tidiness; toilet trainedness
pudeur chastity; decency; modesty; solidity; soundness; virtue
pudicité chastity; decency; modesty; solidity; soundness; virtue timidity; timorousness
pureté decency; neatness; orderliness; tidiness blamelessness; chastity; faultlessness; immaculacy; impeccability; innocence; irreprochability; joy; light-heartedness; merriment; mirth; neatness; orderliness; perfection; pleasure; purity; soundness; spotlessness; stainlessness; tidiness
qualités solides chastity; decency; modesty; solidity; soundness; virtue
respectabilité becomingness; decency; gentility; propriety; respectability; seemliness honourability; prestige; respectability; status
régularité decency; neatness; orderliness; tidiness evenness; order; regularity
réjouissance decency; neatness; orderliness; tidiness brightfulness; carousing; celebration; cheerfulness; cheering up; fairground attraction; faultlessness; feast; festivity; folly; fun; gladness; glee; good spirits; happiness; high jinks; hilarity; impeccability; irreprochability; joking; joy; joyfulness; light-heartedness; lightheartedness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; neatness; nonsense; orderliness; party; perfection; perking up; pleasure; purity; revelry; roistering; silliness; soundness; spotlessness; stainlessness; tidiness
sagesse chastity; decency; modesty; solidity; soundness; virtue wisdom
savoir-vivre civility; courtesy; courtliness; decency; etiquette; gallantry; good breeding; good manners; manners; propriety; respectability decorum; etiquette; good manners; mannerliness; manners; morals; rules of etiquette; social convention
solidité chastity; decency; modesty; solidity; soundness; virtue bravery; coarseness; courage; daring; doggedness; durability; firmness; gallantry; high quality; incontrovertibility; indisputableness; indossulability; intensity; power; reliability; solidity; solidness; solubility; soundness; stability; stableness; steadiness; strength; sturdiness; substance; thoroughness; toughness; valor; valour; vigor; vigour
tact consideration; decency; delicacy; discretion subtleness
tenue civility; decency; neatness; orderliness; propriety; respectability; tidiness attire; clothes; clothing; costume; decorum; dress; etiquette; fancy-dress; garb; garments; gear; good manners; livery; mannerliness; outfit; posture; rules of etiquette; social convention; suit; tailor-made suit; togs; uniform; wear
validité chastity; decency; modesty; solidity; soundness; virtue assertiveness; legitimacy; physical disposition; validity
vertu chastity; decency; modesty; solidity; soundness; virtue merit; virtue
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- morality
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
bienséance decent; neat; proper; respectable

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Related Definitions for "decency":

  1. the quality of being polite and respectable1
  2. the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality1

Wiktionary Translations for decency:

decency
noun
  1. quality of being decent
decency
noun
  1. honte honnête, mouvement exciter par l’appréhension de ce qui blesser ou peut blesser la décence, la modestie, l’honnêteté.

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
decency décence; savoir-vivre fatsoen — goede manieren
decency décence Anstandkein Plural: gute Umgangsform; gutes, höfliches Benehmen

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