respectable

[re·spect·a·ble]

Something or someone respectable is honest, good, and proper. Respectable behavior includes things like contributing to charity, volunteering at an animal shelter, and helping your friends study vocabulary.

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Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen.

Adjective S.
large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune"

Adjective S.
deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family''s good name"

Adjective
worthy of respect; "a respectable woman"


a.
Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen.

a.
Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a respectable performance; a respectable audience.


Respectable

Re*spect"a*ble (--b'l), a. [F. respectable, LL. respectabilis.] 1. Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen. "The respectable quarter of Sicca." J. H. Newman.
No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected, without being truly respectable.
2. Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a respectable performance; a respectable audience. --Re*spect"a*ble*ness,n. -- Re*spect"a*bly, adv.

Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen.

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Usage Examples

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

Customs and convictions change respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art.

If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.

Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things.

I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday.

I had the most reversed education possible. Every parent wants their son to be a businessman, respectable - me, it was the opposite. When I had an artist career my mum was like, 'Oh finally, I'm proud of you!'

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Other Usage Examples

Respectable means rich, and decent means poor. I should die if I heard my family called decent.

The long-established and noble rule of Law, one of the greatest products of the character and tradition of British history, has suffered a deadly blow. Blackmail has become respectable.

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.

During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance.

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