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# respectability

«respectability» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being respected by others, and having a good name in the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

Being respected by others, and having a good name in the eyes of society. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respectability/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a proud parent wants a child to have a good name and a proper place in town

### examples

- The family cared a great deal for respectability. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respectability/#x1)
- She wanted respectability more than fun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respectability/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «respectability» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respectability/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.