See indecency in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "something showing lack of decency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Unanständigkeit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "something showing lack of decency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Anstößigkeit"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "something showing lack of decency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "indecência"
}
],
"word": "indecency"
}
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