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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals;
- Example: "a respectable woman"

2. deserving of esteem and respect;
- Example: "all respectable companies give guarantees"
- Example: "ruined the family's good name"
[syn: estimable, good, honorable, respectable]

3. large in amount or extent or degree;
- Example: "it cost a considerable amount"
- Example: "a goodly amount"
- Example: "received a hefty bonus"
- Example: "a respectable sum"
- Example: "a tidy sum of money"
- Example: "a sizable fortune"
[syn: goodly, goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Respectable \Re*spect"a*ble\ (-?-b'l), a. [F. respectable, LL.
   respectabilis.]
   1. Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving
      regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable
      citizen. "The respectable quarter of Sicca." --J. H.
      Newman.
      [1913 Webster]

            No government, any more than an individual, will
            long be respected, without being truly respectable.
                                                  --Madison.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a
      respectable performance; a respectable audience.
      [1913 Webster] --Re*spect"a*ble*ness,n. --
      Re*spect"a*bly, adv.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

respectable
    adj 1: characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable
           morals; "a respectable woman" [ant: unrespectable]
    2: deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies
       give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name" [syn:
       estimable, good, honorable, respectable]
    3: large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable
       amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a
       respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune"
       [syn: goodly, goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable,
       sizable, sizeable, tidy]