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respectability

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re·spect·a·bil·i·ty  (r-spkt-bl-t)
n.
The quality, state, or characteristic of being respectable.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.respectability - honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation
reputability
honorableness, honourableness - the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor
decency - the quality of being polite and respectable
disreputability, disreputableness, unrespectability - dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation
Translations
respectability [rɪsˌpektəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N → respetabilidad f
respectability [rɪˌspɛktəˈbɪləti] n → respectabilité f
respectability
n (= estimable quality, of person) → Ehrbarkeit f; (of motives also) → Ehrenhaftigkeit f; (= decent quality: of life, district, club) → Anständigkeit f; (= socially approved quality, of person) → Angesehenheit f; (of businessman, hotel) → Seriosität f; (of clothes, behaviour) → Korrektheit f, → Anständigkeit f
respectability [rɪsˌpɛktəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → rispettabilità
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Revelations and scenes might bring upon him the wrath of the owner of the saloon, who insisted upon respectability of an advanced type.
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Crane, Stephen View in context
"I am wealth; I am respectability," the Fortune explained; "I am elegant houses, a yacht, and a clean shirt every day.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
--She had humoured, or softened, or concealed his failings, and promoted his real respectability for seventeen years; and though not the very happiest being in the world herself, had found enough in her duties, her friends, and her children, to attach her to life, and make it no matter of indifference to her when she was called on to quit them.
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