Licence vs Indecorum - What's the difference?
licence | indecorum | Related terms |
(British, Canada, Australia)
(UK, Canada, nonstandard)
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=
, 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=
, 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=
, 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. }}
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As nouns the difference between licence and indecorum
is that licence is form of license|lang=en while indecorum is indecorous behavior, or the state of being indecorous.As a verb licence
is alternative form of lang=en.licence
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* artistic licence * off-licence * free on license * licenced * licentiate * licentious * poetic licence * road fund licenceVerb
(licenc)Usage notes
* In British English, Canadian English, Irish English, Australian English, and New Zealand English the noun is spelt licence'' and the verb is ''license . * The spelling licence is not used for either part of speech in the United States.indecorum
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