decent
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1.6
- adjective
- /ˈdiːsənt/
:
decente
- Honey, your father has his issues... but at heart he is an honest and a decent man.
- decent people
- a decent human being
- a decent society
He is a profoundly decent man, guided by faith.
- He is a profoundly decent man, guided by faith.
- How did decent people go along with this?
- So they come home as a decent father for a minute, right?
- I have met some decent FBI agents over the years.
- And it's, you can't go wrong being decent to other people.
- That means be be gentle, be forgiving, be decent with me.
- And that's the first real decent person I met in my life right there.
- You know, you sound like a decent man.
- And when I say right leaning, I usually mean decent human being.
- Umar Johnson is a decent guy. Do you know him? I've met him
- And the onus is always on the Democratic Party to be decent, to uphold democracy.
- And so being, you know, decent parents, I won't say good parents, but decent parents.
- And you know, I've always found him to be decent guy.
- I think that most people are in fact, pretty decent and, and there's very strong evidence for this.
- And he was the most decent human being that we've had on the show.
Examples
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Rhett McLaughlin was a great friend and a decent guy.
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The job is keeping me from being a decent father to my children.
Fiction book (1992) -
How did decent people go along with this?
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And actually I pride myself on being decent and kind.
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I thought about all the decent people who were home asleep in their beds.
Fiction book (1992) -
And most people, though, are decent, civil, rational beings.
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At the end of the day, you're a decent human being and a cool guy.
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I dealt with Sergeant Andy Gilbert, good, kind, decent police officer, good man.
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The right to shelter is the need for decent accommodations for families, children, and the elderly.
Academic text (1990) -
He's a decent person who always helps those in need.
Synonyms
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1.0
Behaving in a kind and honest way
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1.0
Being kind and polite to others
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2.2
Suitable and correct for a particular situation or use
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3.7
A person who behaves in a morally good way and deserves respect
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3.0
Seen by people as good and socially acceptable
Antonyms
Compounds
How Decent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Decent comes from the Latin verb decere, which meant 'to be fitting' or 'proper', so being decent originally meant behaving in a way that fits social and moral rules.