decent
decent (dē"sent) , adjective
[Latin decens, decentis, present participle of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory, honor, ornament, Greek dokei^n to seem good, to seem, think; compare Sanskrit dāc to grant, to give; and perh. akin to English attire, tire: compare French décent. Compare Decorate, Decorum, Deign.]
1.
Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language. — Shakespeare
Before his decent steps.
2.
Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.
3.
Comely; shapely; well-formed. [Archaic]
A sable stole of cyprus lawn
Over thy decent shoulders drawn.
By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed.
4.
Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person.
A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs.