respectability
/ɹɪˌspɛktəˈbɪlɪti/ noun C2- The quality of being respectable.
- The class of respectable people.
Plural respectabilities
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Darcy himself need not disdain, and respectability which he will probably never reach.” When she thought of her mother, indeed, her confidence gave way a little; but she would not allow that any objections _there_ had material weight with Mr.
There was now an interest, however, in believing the housekeeper; and they soon became sensible that the authority of a servant, who had known him since he was four years old, and whose own manners indicated respectability, was not to be hastily rejected.
Collins’s respectability, and Charlotte’s prudent, steady character.
Our importance, our respectability in the world, must be affected by the wild volatility, the assurance and disdain of all restraint which mark Lydia’s character.
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