common decency

collocation in English

meaningsofcommonanddecency

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common
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒm.ən/us
/ˈkɑː.mən/
the same in a lot of places or for a lot ...
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decency
noun
uk
/ˈdiː.sən.si/us
/ˈdiː.sən.si/
behaviour that is good, moral, and acceptable ...
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(Definition ofcommonanddecencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcommon decency

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I think that they have been wrong-headed, but socialism clearly arose from a desire to promotecommondecency.
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It is onlycommondecencyto look after them.
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It was an insult tocommondecencyand civil rights.
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For that, there can be no defence in logic, or in consistency, orcommondecency.
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It is a matter ofcommondecencyin legislation.
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If they have been given money to compensate for a rise in wages, surelycommondecencydemands that they should pay the wages?
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I am not arguing this on any question of religion or anything of that kind, but purely from the sense ofcommondecency.
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It was out of a sense ofcommondecency.
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I do not think he could have done differently incommondecency.
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We think that it is money that the local authorities should be required to spend, out ofcommondecency, humanity and illumination.
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In a sector where a party has such a dismal record, one would have thought thatcommondecencydemanded a period of silence.
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I am not arguing whether that is an adequate offer, but clearly it is the smallest offer that could incommondecencybe made.
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I expected those concerned to have thecommondecencyat least to telephone me to tell me of their opposition.
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Finally, the overriding reason, surely, why we must help these other countries is purely one ofcommondecency.
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When it is clear that reliance oncommondecencyfails, a statutory framework can undoubtedly help to remedy the wrongdoing.
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What will he do to clean up the mess in order to introducecommondecencyand efficiency into the entire procedure?
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We ought to have some relation tocommondecency.
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My request should be met out ofcommondecency, if nothing else—if there is any left.
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I am not quite sure how we shall do that, but society as a whole must insist upon minimum standards ofcommondecencybeing maintained.
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