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Definition of Respectable

Respectable

  1. Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen.
  2. Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a respectable performance; a respectable audience.

Respectable Quotations

Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
George Orwell

If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.
Will Rogers

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.
Voltaire

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
John Kenneth Galbraith

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
Louis D. Brandeis
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Respectable Translations

respectable in Dutch is achtenswaardig, achtbaar
respectable in German is ehrbar, ansehnlich

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