respectability
pronunciation
How to pronounce respectability in British English:
UK [rɪˌspektəˈbɪləti]
How to pronounce respectability in American English:
US [rɪˌspɛktəˈbɪlɪti]
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- Noun:
- honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation
Word Origin
- respectability (n.)
- 1785, from respectable + -ity.
Example
- 1. Long derided as a city of sleaze , the city is reaching for respectability .
- 2. Take , for example , mercedes-benz , a brand that in much of the world suggests moneyed respectability .
- 3. But respectability will not create enough jobs , let alone secure indonesia 's aim of becoming " an advanced and self-reliant nation by 2025 " .
- 4. Perhaps the reunion was an opportunity to recapture the lost innocence of youth , or perhaps margaret was seeking a veneer of respectability after a notorious past .
- 5. Their lives were not idle , but the path to respectability was through military service or farming , rather than trade .