re|spect´a|ble|ness

re|spect´a|ble|ness
re|spect|a|ble «rih SPEHK tuh buhl», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. worthy of respect; having a good reputation; honest and decent: »

Respectable citizens obey the laws. His parents were poor but respectable people.

SYNONYM(S): estimable.
2. fairly good; moderate in size or quality: »

His record in school was always respectable but never brilliant.

3. good enough to use; fit to be seen: »

Though respectable, her clothes were certainly not stylish. That dirty dress is not respectable.

–n.
a respectable person: »

Pleasance plays the husband as the abject dog beneath the good grey skin of a middle-aged respectable who has made his pile and lost his nerve (Time).

re|spect´a|ble|ness, noun.

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