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decent
adjective as in respectable, appropriate
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- approved
- becoming
- befitting
- chaste
- clean
- comely
- comme il faut
- conforming
- continent
- decorous
- delicate
- ethical
- fit
- fitting
- immaculate
- mannerly
- moral
- nice
- on the up and up
- presentable
- pure
- reserved
- seemly
- spotless
- stainless
- standard
- straight
- straight arrow
- straight shooting
- suitable
- unblemished
- undefiled
- untarnished
- upright
- virtuous
- worthy
adjective as in kind, generous
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adjective as in sufficient, tolerable
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Example Sentences
Almost everyone there will be a decent person and treat you well.
She assured me he was a decent human being and the love of her life.
I vividly recall, that day and the weeks afterward, people groping for a decent way forward.
I finish a decent game, type my initials, and decide to call it quits.
The problem is that being a decent person in an indecent situation is not enough, even though it may also be all you can do.
If I could catch Laura's eye—but I suppose it would hardly be decent to go just yet.
Both had appealed to Napoleon; consequently there was a decent pretext for sending a French army into Spain.
Good place to lop about, y' know; a decent place to sit, and a few books and cards and that sort of thing.
Never smoke when the pores are open: they absorb, and you are unfit for decent society.
For at least ten years previous to 1901, San Francisco had enjoyed a period of not only decent but honorable government.
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On this page you'll find 206 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to decent, such as: correct, good, honest, honorable, modest, and noble.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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