respectability

Etymology

respect + -ability

noun

  1. The quality of being respectable.
    But once again Hodgson's men found a way to get the result they required and there is a real air of respectability about their campaign even though they had to survive a first-half siege from a Ukraine side desperate for the win they needed to progress. June 19, 2012, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport
  2. The class of respectable people.

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