INDEBTMENT
In*debt"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. endettement.]
Defn: Indebtedness. [R.] Bp. Hall.
INDECENCE
In*de"cence, n.
Defn: See Indecency. [Obs.] "An indecence of barbarity." Bp. Burnet.
INDECENCY In*de"cen*cy, n.; pl. Indecencies. Etym: [L. indecentia unseemliness: cf. F. indécence.]
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.
Syn.
— Indelicacy; indecorum; immodesty; impurity; obscenity. See
Indecorum.
INDECENT In*de"cent, a. Etym: [L. indecens unseemly, unbecoming: cf. F. indécent. See In- not, and Decent.]
Defn: Not decent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, indecent language. Cowper.