Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The quality of being respectable.

    респекта́бельностьrespektábelʹnostʹ, почте́нностьpočténnostʹ

  2. (uncountable, usually)The class of respectable people.

More definitions
  • honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation

Examples

1 sentences
  1. He has an air of respectability about him.

    ruОн держится респектабельно.

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Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
quality of being respectable:

Forms

plural: respectabilities
Singularrespectability

uncountable

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation:reputability

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

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