Noun

(-)

Indecorous behavior, or the state of being indecorous

* {{quote-book, year=1823, author=Charles Lamb, title=The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb (Vol. 6), chapter=Letter 305, edition= citation

, passage=I hope your eyes are better, but if you must spare them, there is nothing in my pages which a Lady may not read aloud without indecorum , which is more than can be said of Shakspeare . }}

* {{quote-book, year=1917, author=Douglas Fairbanks, title=Laugh and Live, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=This will be done decently and in good order--our training will admit of no indecorum . }}

* {{quote-book, year=1921, author=Lytton Strachey, title=Queen Victoria, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Not only were its central personages the patterns of propriety, but no breath of scandal, no shadow of indecorum , might approach its utmost boundaries. }} ----

Noun

(obscenities)

(countable) Something that is obscene.

Martha wouldn't go into the art museum because, as she put it, "They have obscenities just sitting out, on display!"

(countable) An act of obscene behaviour.

Bestiality was outlawed as an obscenity in the strongly conservative community.

(countable) Specifically, an offensive word; a profanity; a dirty word.

Eliza couldn't stand her daughter's music; as she saw it, it was just shouted obscenities and a heavy drum beat.

(uncountable) The qualities that make something obscene; lewdness, indecency, or offensive behaviour.

The coalition of religious conservatives was campaigning against, in their view, rampant obscenity in the entertainment industry.