In-dê'cence or In-dê'cen-cy, n.

n. [Fr. indécence, Sp. indecencia, It. indecenza, Lat. indecentia.]

1. The quality of being indecent; want of decency; lack of modesty or good manners; obscenity.
2. That which is indecent; an indecent word, act, or the like; a commission of something indecent; an offense against delicacy. “An indecence of barbarity.” Burnet.

They who, by speech or writing, present to the ear or the eye of modesty any of the indecencies I allude to, are pests of society. Beattie. Syn.—Indelicacy; indecorum; immodesty; impurity; obscenity. See INDECORUM.