INDECENCY

indecency. Indecency, n. a thing unbecoming filthiness

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In‐de″cen‐cy (?), n.; pl. Indecencies (#). [[L. indecentia unseemliness: cf. F. indécence.]] 1. 1. The quality or state of being indecent; want of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity.
2. 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.