decent

Meaning

Adjective

• Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
• Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.
• Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.
• Fair; good enough; okay.
• Significant; substantial.
• Conforming to perceived standards of good taste.
• Comely; shapely; well-formed.

Related

Similar words

• good, moral
• adequate, satisfactory

Opposite words

• bad, immoral
• indecent, underdressed
• inadequate, poor, unsatisfactory

Origin

• From Middle French décent, or its source, Latin decēns, present participle of decet, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- ("to take, accept, to receive, greet, be suitable") (compare Ancient Greek δοκέω ("I appear, seem, think"), δέχομαι; Sanskrit दशस्यति ("shows honor, is gracious"), दाशति). Meaning ‘kind, pleasant’ is from 1902.