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Definition of: decent
(dē′sənt) adjective
1. Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, or dress; proper; decorous; respectable.
2. Free from indelicacy; modest; chaste.
3. Sufficient; passable; moderate.
4. Obs. Appropriate; also, symmetrical; comely. See synonyms under BECOMING, MODEST. [<L decens, -entis, ppr. of decere be fitting, be proper]
—de′cent·ly adverb
—de′cent·ness noun
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