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decent

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1. decent - Adjective

2. decent - Adverb

3. decent - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.

Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.

Comely; shapely; well-formed.

Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. H. L. Mencken

The Fifth Amendment is an old friend and a good friend, one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized. William O. Douglas

I drank to drown my pain, but the damned pain learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good behavior. Frida Kahlo

A filthy mouth will not utter decent language. Chinese Proverb

He does not show a decent quality even over a good dinner. Latin Proverb

Don't mention him and a decent man in the one day. Irish Proverb

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