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| de·cent [ dss'nt ] |
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1. moral: conforming to accepted standards of moral behavior
  It was decent of her to apologize.
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2. good: above average in quality or quantity
one of the few decent restaurants around here
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3. satisfactory: adequate or sufficient in quality
did a decent job
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4. kind: kind, considerate, or generous
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5. sufficiently dressed: fully dressed, as opposed to being naked or wearing only underwear
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informal
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Don't come in; I'm not decent!
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| [Mid-16th century. Directly or via French< Latin decent-, present participle of decere "be fitting"] |
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| de·cent·ness noun |
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