Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Respectable

Respectable (-{not transcribed}-b'l) , adjective

[French respectable, Late Latin respectabilis.]

1.
Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen.
The respectable quarter of Sicca. — J. H. Newman
No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected, without being truly respectable. — Madison
2.
Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a respectable performance; a respectable audience.