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Respectableness

Respectable \Re*spect"a*ble\ (-?-b'l), a. [F. respectable, LL. respectabilis.]

  1. Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen. ``The respectable quarter of Sicca.''
    --J. H. Newman.

    No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected, without being truly respectable.
    --Madison.

  2. Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a respectable performance; a respectable audience. [1913 Webster]
    -- Re*spect"a*ble*ness,n. -- Re*spect"a*bly, adv.