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decent

adjective as in kind, generous

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Example Sentences

Almost everyone there will be a decent person and treat you well.

She assured me he was a decent human being and the love of her life.

I vividly recall, that day and the weeks afterward, people groping for a decent way forward.

I finish a decent game, type my initials, and decide to call it quits.

The problem is that being a decent person in an indecent situation is not enough, even though it may also be all you can do.

If I could catch Laura's eye—but I suppose it would hardly be decent to go just yet.

Both had appealed to Napoleon; consequently there was a decent pretext for sending a French army into Spain.

Good place to lop about, y' know; a decent place to sit, and a few books and cards and that sort of thing.

Never smoke when the pores are open: they absorb, and you are unfit for decent society.

For at least ten years previous to 1901, San Francisco had enjoyed a period of not only decent but honorable government.

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On this page you'll find 206 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to decent, such as: correct, good, honest, honorable, modest, and noble.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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