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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Decency \De"cen*cy\, n.; pl. Decencies. [L. decentia, fr. decens: cf. F. d['e]cence. See Decent.] 1. The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum; modesty. [1913 Webster] Observances of time, place, and of decency in general. --Burke. [1913 Webster] Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of decency is want of sense. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is proper or becoming. [1913 Webster] The external decencies of worship. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] Those thousand decencies, that daily flow From all her words and actions. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

48 Moby Thesaurus words for "decencies": amenities, appropriateness, civilities, civility, comity, convention, correctitude, correctness, courtliness, decency, decorousness, decorum, diplomatic code, elegance, elegancies, etiquette, exquisite manners, fitness, fittingness, formalities, good form, good manners, goodness, manners, mores, natural politeness, niceness, normality, normativeness, point of etiquette, politeness, politesse, properness, proprieties, propriety, protocol, punctilio, quiet good manners, righteousness, rightness, rules of conduct, seemliness, social code, social conduct, social graces, social procedures, social usage, suitability