See decency in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "karāma",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"word": "كَرَامَة"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "blagopriličie",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"word": "благоприличие"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "decència"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tǐtǒng",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"word": "體統 /体统"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guījǔ",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"word": "規矩 /规矩"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tǐmiàn",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"word": "體面 /体面"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "détǐ",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"word": "得體 /得体"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhèngpài",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"word": "正派"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duānzhuāng",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"word": "端莊 /端庄"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhèngzhí",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"word": "正直"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "slušnost"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fatsoen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"word": "säädyllisyys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"word": "soveliaisuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"word": "décence"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "decencia"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Anstand"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aidós",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αιδώς"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "haginut",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "הגינות"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"word": "illemtudás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"word": "illendőség"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "mānyata",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"word": "മാന്യത"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "decência"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"word": "cuviință"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"word": "cădere"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"word": "decență"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "porjádočnostʹ",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "поря́дочность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prilíčije",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "прили́чие"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "decencia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "anständighet"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "porjádnistʹ",
"sense": "quality of being decent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "поря́дність"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tǐtǒng",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "體統 /体统"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guījǔ",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "規矩 /规矩"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tǐmiàn",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "體面 /体面"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "détǐ",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "得體 /得体"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhèngpài",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "正派"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duānzhuāng",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "端莊 /端庄"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhèngzhí",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "正直"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which is proper",
"word": "sopivaisuus"
}
],
"word": "decency"
}
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