Respectability
[rɪ,spektə'bɪlɪtɪ] or [rɪ,spɛktə'bɪləti]
Definition
(noun.) honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation.
Checker: Lucille--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being respectable; the state or quality which deserves or commands respect.
Checker: Reginald
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Estimableness, reputableness, respectableness.
Checker: Sigmund
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.
Edited by Harold
Examples
- He surrounded himself with an atmosphere of respectability, and walked secure in it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Consider Mr. Collins's respectability, and Charlotte's steady, prudent character. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Since she cares so little for me as to care nothing for undermining my respectability, she shall go her way and I will go mine. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Can't a fellow take a little innocent amusement now and then without losing his respectability? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It is only the nucleus that can be guessed at; the fringe which shades out into various degrees of respectability remains entirely unmeasured. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- You ladies go to church to learn how to get along in the world, I suppose, and your piety sheds respectability on us. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The comfort, respectability and dignity of a large family, which depend so much on clothes, may be ensured at the cost of a few dollars. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is your respectability and humanity that licenses and protects his brutality. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- We don't want genius in this country, unless it is accompanied by respectability--and then we are very glad to have it, very glad indeed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Freed from a cold and over-chaperoned respectability they compete with the devil. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He has twice your money, twice your common sense, equal connections, equal respectability. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Rendered complete by drab pantaloons and a buff waistcoat, I thought Mr. Barkis a phenomenon of respectability. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Respectability, an excellent connexion for me, common sense, everything! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He did not name him, but assured us he was a nobleman of fortune and of great respectability. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Even the fact that no one knew his Christian name, seemed to form a part of his respectability. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Checked by Keith