Indecency

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The quality or state of being indecent; want of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity.

2. That which is indecent; an indecent word or act; an offense against delicacy. 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.

Synonyms: Indelicacy; indecorum; immodesty; impurity; obscenity. See Indecorum.