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   decent

   /ˈdiːsnt/

   adjective

   • 1. conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable or moral behaviour: "a decent clean-living individual"
   • ▪ appropriate; fitting: "they would meet again after a decent interval" Similar propercorrectappropriateaptappositefittingfitbefittingrightsuitablerespectabledignifiedbecomingdecorousseemlymodestnicetastefulin good tasterefinedgenteelconventionalacceptedapprovedstandardtraditionalorthodoxcomme il fautinformal:pukkaOpposite indecent
   • ▪ not likely to shock or embarrass others: "a decent high-necked dress"
   • ▪ sufficiently clothed to see visitors: informal "‘Hello, miss? Are you decent?’"
   • 2. of an acceptable standard; satisfactory: "people need decent homes" Similar satisfactoryreasonablefairacceptableadequatesufficientsufficiently goodgood enoughampleup to scratchup to the markup to standardup to parcompetentnot badall rightaveragetolerablepassablesuitableinformal:OKokayup to snuffOpposite unsatisfactory
   • ▪ good: "there's a few decent players in the team"
   • ▪ kind, obliging, or generous: informal British "that's awfully decent of you" Similar honourablehonesttrustworthydependableworthyrespectableuprightclean-livingincorruptvirtuousgoodethicalmoralobliginghelpfulaccommodatingindulgentunselfishaltruisticgenerouskindkindlythoughtfulconsideratecourteouscivilpolitewell manneredneighbourlyhospitablepleasantagreeableamiableinformal:squeaky cleandated:mannerlyrare:regardfulOpposite disobligingdishonest

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘suitable, appropriate’): from Latin decent- ‘being fitting’, from the verb decere.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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