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What does respectable mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word respectable? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Deserving respect.
  2. Decent; satisfactory.
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This was a respectable newspaper and not another of those despicable rags printed in other towns.
I tottered about the streets, grinning bitterly at perfectly respectable people.
Yorkshire's most famous soul singer has matured into a handsome, outwardly respectable middle-aged man with a raffish undertow.
Mark Potts was the club's sole representative in the under-15s race, holding on for a respectable 23rd position.
You should be happy that your daughters have married into this well-to-do and respectable family.
The cave is a respectable size but we didn't follow it far, since after 30m a wade degenerated into a full on swim.

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