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respectability
[ri-spek-tuh-bil-i-tee]
noun
plural
respectabilitiesthe state or quality of being respectable.
respectable social standing, character, or reputation.
a respectable person or persons.
respectabilities, things accepted as respectable.
Other 51Թ Forms
- nonrespectability noun
- prerespectability noun
- semirespectability noun
- superrespectability noun
- unrespectability noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of respectability1
Example Sentences
So how did he brilliantly succeed where other directors only managed earnest respectability?
The exhibition is divided into 12 conceptual sections: ownership, presence, distinction, disguise, freedom, champion, respectability, jook, heritage, beauty, cool and cosmopolitanism.
There may be no way back to respectability for a supposedly major nation, let alone a global power, after “Vladimir, STOP!”
The Indian pot belly - once a badge of prosperity, indulgence and aging respectability - has long been a target of satire and social commentary.
Colleen Dolan, an education expert with expertise in Stephen King film adaptations, tells Salon, “B***hery gets them out of the straightjacket of respectability, what Betty Friedan had called the ‘feminine mystique.’
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