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respectable adjective [ rɪˈspɛktəb(ə)l ]

• regarded by society to be good, proper, or correct.
• "they thought the stage no life for a respectable lady"
Similar: reputable, of good repute, upright, honest, honourable, trustworthy, above board, worthy, decent, good, virtuous, admirable, well bred, clean-living, proper, decorous, genteel, accepted, presentable, comme il faut,
Opposite: disreputable, unworthy,
• of some merit or importance.
• "a respectable botanical text"


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