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< decennium

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de·cent

nt) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

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

ETYMOLOGY:
Latin decns, decent- present participle of decre, to be fitting; see dek- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
decent·ly(Adverb), decent·ness(Noun)

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