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respectable

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
[ɹɪˈspɛk.tə.bl̩]

Definitions

A person who is respectable.

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Examples

“They forced their way into the meetings called by the respectables; and the respectables disappeared. It was of their own⟳ respectable good pleasure that they withdrew.”
“The tensions between the "respectables" and the "gay spoilers"”
“The “respectables”, then, impute to themselves an absence of such character blemishes, or stated in more positive terms, an allegiance to American mainstream morality.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Respectableness Respectably Respected Respecter respecter of persons Respectful

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