adj.

1. Characterized by conformity to recognized standards of propriety or morality.
2. Free from indelicacy; modest.
3. Meeting accepted standards; adequate: a decent salary.
4. 1. Morally upright; respectable.
   2. Kind or obliging: very decent of them to lend you money.
5. Informal. Properly or modestly dressed.

[Latin decēns, decent-, present participle of decēre, to be fitting.]

decently de'cent·ly adv.
decentness de'cent·ness n.

adjective

1. Conforming to accepted standards: becoming, befitting, comely, comme il faut, correct, decorous, de rigueur, nice, proper, respectable, right, seemly. See courtesy/discourtesy.
2. Not lewd or obscene: clean, modest, wholesome. See decent/indecent.
3. Being what is needed without being in excess: adequate, comfortable, competent, enough, satisfactory, sufficient. See excess/insufficiency/enough.
4. Of moderately good quality but less than excellent: acceptable, adequate, all right, average, common, fair, fairish, goodish, moderate, passable, respectable, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable. Informal OK, tidy. See good/bad.
5. Morally beyond reproach, especially in sexual conduct: chaste, modest, nice, pure, virgin, virginal, virtuous. See good/bad, restraint/unrestraint, sex/asexual.
6. Proper in appearance: presentable, respectable. See good/bad, usual/unusual.

adj

Definition: kind, generous
Antonyms: disobliging, indecent, unaccommodating, ungenerous, unkind

adj

Definition: respectable, appropriate
Antonyms: inappropriate, indecent, poor, unrespectable, unsuitable, unsuited

adj

Definition: sufficient, tolerable
Antonyms: indecent, insufficient, intolerable, unsuitable

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IN BRIEF: In accordance with the standards of proper behavior, speech, manners, or dress; respectable.

The decent thing to do when you sneeze is to cover your mouth.

Tutor's tip: A "decent" (respectable, honest) person with a "descent" (lineage or ancestry) from a good family will "dissent" (disagree) from mob rule, for fear the situation will "descend" (to move to a lower place) into chaos.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - velopdragen, anstændig, pæn, respektabel, tilfredsstillende

idioms:

• do the decent thing    gøre det rigtige

Nederlands (Dutch)
fatsoenlijk, oorbaar, sympathiek, behoorlijk, vrijgevig

Français (French)
adj. - honnête, bien, décent, bienséant, bon, brave, (US) formidable, terrible

idioms:

• do the decent thing    agir comme il se doit

Deutsch (German)
adj. - anständig, sittsam

idioms:

• do the decent thing    sich anständig benehmen, das Richtige tun, das einzig Richtige tun

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ευπρεπής, κόσμιος, παραδεκτός (κν. καλούτσικος, υποφερτός), ντυμένος, παρουσιάσιμος, (Βρετ., καθομ.) υποχρεωτικός, εκδουλευτικός

idioms:

• do the decent thing    κάνω το σωστό, το αξιοπρεπές

Italiano (Italian)
decente

idioms:

• do the decent thing    fare ciò che richiede la decenza

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - decente

idioms:

• do the decent thing    fazer a coisa certa

Русский (Russian)
достойный

idioms:

• do the decent thing    сделать то, что следует

Español (Spanish)
adj. - decente, decoroso, razonable, formal, respetable, generoso, apropiado, atractivo, usando ropa suficiente, fantástico

idioms:

• do the decent thing    hacer lo correcto o lo que corresponde

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - passande, anständig, hygglig, snäll

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
有分寸的, 大方的, 得体的

idioms:

• do the decent thing    做应该做的事情

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有分寸的, 大方的, 得體的

idioms:

• do the decent thing    做應該做的事情

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 착실한, 꽤 괜찮은, 인자한

idioms:

• do the decent thing    예의 바른 행동을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - きちんとした, 礼儀正しい, 上品な, 人並みの, 親切な, 感じのよい, 家柄のすぐれた, かなりの, 適当な

idioms:

• do the decent thing    適当な事を言う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) محتشم ( الملبس), مهذب, مرضي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮הגון, צנוע, ראוי, מכובד, נאה‬

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