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Another word for respectability

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Noun

  1. Conformity to recognized standards, as of conduct or appearance

    See also:

    usual

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Another word for respectability

Noun
      1. Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code:
      2. The quality or state of being of sound moral principle; uprightness, honesty, and sincerity
      3. The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness:
      1. Things needed for a proper or comfortable standard of living
      2. Surroundings or services deemed necessary for an acceptable standard of living.
      3. The quality or condition of being decent; propriety of conduct and speech; proper behavior, modesty, courtesy, etc.
      1. The quality of being proper, fitting, or suitable; fitness
      2. Conformity with accepted standards of proper manners or behavior
      3. Conformity to conventional standards of behavior or morality.
    See also:

    honesty

    virtue

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Sentence Examples

  • In fact, adherence to the traditional ceremonial and respectability of occupation go very much hand-in-hand.

  • There is something especially fitting about a tie on a swing dance costume - it implies respectability and control, and when combined with the wild abandon of swing dance, it becomes a measure of both chaos and class.

  • Thus the story of the legists shrinks down to the regular myth of the primitive legislator, used to give an air of respectability to law-books, which really record an unwritten custom.

  • He was attracted to it by his hatred of moderation and what he called "respectability" in any shape - a characteristic of which some amusing instances have been handed down.

  • The term is used in Bombay, Madras and Bengal to denote a considerable number of castes of moderate respectability, the higher of whom are considered ` clean ' Sudras, while the precise status of the lower is a question which lends itself to endless controversy."In northern and north-western India, on the other hand," the grade next below the twice-born rank is occupied by a number of castes from whose hands Brahmans and members of the higher castes will take water and certain kinds of sweetmeats.

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