The meaning of Respectable

adjective

Generally believed or recognized to be valid or correct.

Usage examples:

He wasn't handsome in the accepted sense

verb

Consent to receive or undertake (something offered).

Usage examples:

He accepted a pen as a present

adjective

Arousing or deserving respect and approval.

Usage examples:

He has one admirable quality—he is totally honest

adjective

Deserving respect or approval

Usage examples:

I think you showed admirable tact/restraint/self-control in your answer., the police did an admirab…

adjective

Used to describe someone who lives in a healthy and morally acceptable way, for example, by not taking any drugs

Usage examples:

He is a clean-living teetotaler who doesn't even touch caffeine., young players were expected to be…

adjective

Conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable or moral behaviour.

Usage examples:

A decent clean-living individual

adjective

Acceptable, satisfactory, or reasonable

Usage examples:

We get good benefits, and the pay is decent., it costs $100 to buy a decent sleeping bag., they’re …

adjective

In keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained.

Usage examples:

Charlotte gave david a decorous kiss

adjective

Behaving politely and in a controlled way

Usage examples:

His manner, as ever, was decorous.

adjective

Characterized by exaggerated or affected politeness, refinement, or respectability.

Usage examples:

Her genteel upbringing

adjective

Polite and correct in manner, or trying to be polite and correct in order to appear to be of a high social class

Usage examples:

When in company, they affected genteel table manners.

adjective

To be desired or approved of.

Usage examples:

It's good that he's back to his old self

noun

That which is morally right; righteousness.

Usage examples:

A mysterious balance of good and evil

adverb

Well.

Usage examples:

My mother could never cook this good

adjective

Free of deceit; truthful and sincere.

Usage examples:

I haven't been totally honest with you

adverb

Used to persuade someone of the truth of something.

Usage examples:

You'll like it when you get there, honest

adjective

Not deceptive or disposed to cheat

adjective

Bringing or deserving honour.

Usage examples:

This is the only honourable course

adjective

Honest and fair, or deserving praise and respect

Usage examples:

An honourable person, the honourable andrew robinson, the honorable daniel p. moynihan of new york

adjective

Clean, smart, or decent enough to be seen in public.

Usage examples:

I did my best to make myself look presentable

adjective

Denoting something that is truly what it is said or regarded to be; genuine.

Usage examples:

She's never had a proper job

adverb

Satisfactorily or correctly.

Usage examples:

My eyes were all blurry and i couldn't see proper

noun

The part of a church service that varies with the season or feast.

Usage examples:

We go to the high mass, with plainsong propers sung by the ritual choir

adjective

Having a good reputation.

Usage examples:

A reputable company

adjective

Able to be relied on as honest or truthful.

Usage examples:

Leave a spare key with a trustworthy neighbour

adjective

Worthy of trust or belief

adjective

Deserving of trust, or able to be trusted

Usage examples:

Not even a newspaper always gives trustworthy information., he has a well-earned reputation for abs…

adjective

(of a person) sitting or standing with the back straight.

Usage examples:

An upright posture

adverb

In or into an upright position.

Usage examples:

She was sitting upright in bed

noun

A post or rod fixed vertically, especially as a structural support.

Usage examples:

The stone uprights of the parapet

adjective

Having or showing high moral standards.

Usage examples:

She considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked

adjective

Possessing good moral qualities

Usage examples:

I’ve been up working since six o’clock this morning so i’m feeling very virtuous.

adjective

Having or showing the qualities that deserve the specified action or regard.

Usage examples:

These issues are worthy of further consideration

noun

A person notable or important in a particular sphere.

Usage examples:

Schools governed by local worthies

combining form

Deserving of a specified thing.

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Newsworthy