• (British) IPA: /ˈdiːsənt/

decent

1. (obsolete) Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
2. (of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.
3. (informal) Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.

   Are you decent? May I come in?

4. Fair; good enough; okay.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 35:

     And ‘blubbing’... Blubbing went out with ‘decent’ and ‘ripping’. Mind you, not a bad new language to start up. Nineteen-twenties schoolboy slang could be due for a revival.

   He's a decent saxophonist, but probably not good enough to make a career of it.
5. Significant; substantial.

   There are a decent number of references out there, if you can find them.

6. (obsolete) Comely; shapely; well-formed.
   • a. 1645, John Milton, “Il Penseroso”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […] , London: Printed by Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Moſely,  […], published 1645, OCLC 606951673 ↗, page 38 ↗:

     And ſable ſtole of Cipres Lawn,
     Over thy decent ſhoulders drawn.

• s conforming suitably to moral standards good, moral
• s good enough adequate, satisfactory

• s conforming suitably to moral standards bad, immoral
• s sufficiently clothed indecent, underdressed
• s good enough inadequate, poor, unsatisfactory

• decency
• decently

• Russian: подходя́щий

• French: intègre
• German: anständig, sittsam
• Italian: perbene}
• Portuguese: decente
• Russian: поря́дочный
• Spanish: decente

• French: décent
• German: anständig
• Portuguese: decente
• Russian: оде́тый

• French: décent
• German: (ganz) anständig
• Italian: presentabile
• Portuguese: razoável, decente
• Russian: прили́чный
• Spanish: decente

• French: substantiel
• German: anständig
• Portuguese: razoável
• Russian: прили́чный
• Spanish: decente