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respectability

/ɹɪˌspɛktəˈbɪlɪti/ noun C2
  1. The quality of being respectable. (uncountable)
  2. The class of respectable people. (uncountable)

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.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 217 · B2
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.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 297 · B2
Collins’s respectability, and Charlotte’s prudent, steady character.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 156 · B2
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.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 261 · B2

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