decent person

collocation in English

meaningsofdecentandperson

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decent
adjective
uk
/ˈdiː.sənt/us
/ˈdiː.sənt/
socially acceptable ...
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person
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɜː.sən/us
/ˈpɝː.sən/
a man, woman, ...
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(Definition ofdecentandpersonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Of course, like every otherdecentperson, he desires more than anything else to avoid warfare.
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In fact, of course, the strongest evidence which the criminal courts usually have is the oral evidence of an honest,decentperson.
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He is a humane and fundamentallydecentperson, and he is concerned with all aspects of his immense responsibility.
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Nodecentpersonshould tolerate the marginalisation and exclusion from society that section 28 promotes.
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In the face of this, can any honest,decentpersonaver that there is no national housing shortage?
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Cultural views of the good,decentpersonseemed to be the main precept of older people as they processed their view of themselves as moderate drinkers.
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Nodecentpersonwould expect not to have some increase in his rates for that.
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Is he aware that conduct of this kind is so discreditable that it ought to be repudiated by everydecentperson?
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I think that everydecentpersonviewed those particular offences with horror.
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They would not be places which anydecentpersonwould wish to use for the burial of the dead.
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He is in despair, as anydecentpersonwould be.
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Will that be taken into account in an application or would that discriminate against the individual, who may be a perfectlydecentperson?
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Without exception, every one of them is an honourable anddecentperson.
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Anydecentpersonought to support this cause.
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The word of an honest,decentpersonof integrity could not be taken.
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I agree with the sanctity of contracts, and everydecentpersonwill.
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No one—at least, nodecentperson—likes the idea of divorce.
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Are not the quality, design and cut of the clothes of such a character that nodecentpersonwould wear them?
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Such a view should be repugnant to anydecentperson.
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It was one which nodecentpersoncould resist in co-operating with the proposed legislation, which he desired strongly upon other grounds.
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