Dictionary entry

Decency

Pronunciation: /ˈdiːs(ə)nsi/

Pronunciation

/ˈdiːs(ə)nsi/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) သင့်တင့်လျောက်ပတ် ယဉ်ကျေး ဖွယ်ရာရှိခြင်း။

Definition

decency /'di:snsi/ n ၁။ [U] သင့္တင့္ေလ်ာက္ပတ္ ယဥ္ေက်း ဖြယ္ရာရိွျခင္း။ an offence against common decency ❍ You could at least have the decency to apologize for what you did! ၂။ the decencies [pl] လူမႈေရးက်င့္ဝတ္။ We must observe the decencies and attend the funeral.

Examples

  1. No one with any sense of decency can ignore their request for help.
  2. It would have been only common decency to phone and say you’d be late.
  3. [have the decency to do something] : You might at least have the decency to say you’re sorry!