[ˈdiːsnt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable or moral behaviour
(e.g: a decent clean-living individual)

- of an acceptable standard; satisfactory
(e.g: people need decent homes)


Phrases:
- do the decent thing

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘suitable, appropriate’): from Latin decent- ‘being fitting’, from the verb decere