respectability

noun

Conformity to recognized standards, as of conduct or appearance: comeliness, correctness, decency, decentness, decorousness, decorum, properness, propriety, respectableness, seemliness. See usual/unusual.

n.

The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation
  Synonym: reputability
  Antonym: unrespectability (meaning #1)

Quotes:

"Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office." - Aesop

"To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times." - Henri Frederic Amiel

"There is no respect for others without humility in one's self." - Henri Frederic Amiel

"The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass and obedient to noblemen's opinions in art and science. If he is, he is a good man. If not, he must be starved." - William Blake

"Respect the burden." - Napoleon Bonaparte

"A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view." - Napoleon Bonaparte

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