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Definition decent in British English

decent adjective

adjective
/ˈdiːs(ə)nt/
1

good, or good enough

Example

Are there any decent restaurants around here?

Example

Barcelona have a decent chance of winning the game.

2

behaving towards other people in an honest, fair, and nice way

Example

a decent caring man

Example

It was decent of David to offer to pay.

Example

When I told her the truth, she was quite decent about it.

Synonyms and related words
honest sincere fine fair reasonable natural
3

considered by most people to be moral, good, or reasonable

Example

It's not decent to get married again so soon after your husband has died.

Example

After such rudeness, the chairman should do the decent thing and apologize publicly.

Synonyms and related words
moral correct right
4

wearing enough clothes to not be embarrassed to let other people see you

Example

Don't look - I'm not decent yet!

Synonyms and related words
arrayed in something attired bespectacled
Definition decent in British English