Syllables World: Mastering Syllable Identification

How many syllables in Decency?

decency has 3 syllables

de-cen-cy

the quality of being morally right or acceptable

There are three syllables in the word decency. The vowels are 'e' and 'y', and the consonants are 'd', 'c', 'n'.

Noun

She showed great decency by returning the lost wallet to its owner.

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us. 'Tis good to give a stranger a meal, or a night's lodging. 'Tis better to be hospitable to his good meaning and thought, and give courage to a companion. We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each one a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and hardened into usage, they form at last a rich varnish, with which the routine of life is washed, and its details adorned. If they are superficial, so are the dew-drops which give such a depth to the morning meadows. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others. - Erich Fromm