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do the decent thing

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables
do the de-cen-t thing
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To take the most honorable or appropriate course of action, even if is not necessarily in the person's own interests.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

does the decent thing (present, singular) doing the decent thing (participle, present) did the decent thing (past) done the decent thing (participle, past)

Synonyms

do the right thing

Questions

What does do the decent thing mean?
To take the most honorable or appropriate course of action, even if is not necessarily in the person's own interests.

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