decencia

/deˈθenθja/ · B2 · noun · f

decency

🎩 decencia = de + cencia, sounds like 'deh-SEN-see-ah' → 'decent-see-a'

From Latin decentia, from decere 'to be fitting or proper'. The same root gives English decent, so decencia is the quality of behaving in a fitting, respectable way.

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