Synonyms for respectability
re·spectabil·i·ty

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1. respectability, reputabilitynoun

   honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation

   Synonyms:
   reputability

   Antonyms:
   disreputableness, disreputability, unrespectability

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1. • Honorableness

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1. respectabilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   estimableness, reputableness, respectableness

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1. List of paraphrases for "respectability":

   decorum, decency

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1. Whitney Moore, Jr.:

   We create an environment where it is alright to hate, to steal, to cheat, and to lie if we dress it up with symbols of respectability, dignity and love.

2. Arun Kharat:

   Driving a taxi is a way for these marginalised people who may not get so many opportunities to gain respectability and independence.

3. Antumi Toasijé:

   By surrounding themselves with what they see as some kind of respectability, they try to legitimize clearly racist speech while not crossing certain legal lines.

4. Lou Ann Sabatier:

   As an educated health professional and aid worker, Sister Diana has credibility and respectability. She’s been on the ground. She didn’t ask to be the voice of the minorities there, but she has become that voice.

5. Oscar Wilde:

   To be good, according to the vulgar standard of goodness, is obviously quite easy. It merely requires a certain amount of sordid terror, a certain lack of imaginative thought, and a certain low passion for middle-class respectability.