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decent
 
SYLLABICATION:de·cent
PRONUNCIATION:  dsnt
ADJECTIVE:1. Characterized by conformity to recognized standards of propriety or morality. 2. Free from indelicacy; modest. 3. Meeting accepted standards; adequate: a decent salary. 4a. Morally upright; respectable. b. Kind or obliging: very decent of them to lend you money. 5. Informal Properly or modestly dressed.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin decns, decent-, present participle of decre, to be fitting. See dek- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:decent·ly —ADVERB
decent·ness —NOUN
 
 
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