not immodest; not obscene; chaste: decent language
conforming to approved social standards; respectable: decent apparel
reasonably good; adequate: decent wages
fair and kind: decent treatment
Informal adequately clothed for propriety
Origin:
MFr décent < L decens (gen decentis), prp. of decere, to befit < IE base *de-, to receive, greet, be suitable, teach > Sans dkšati, (he) is helpful, L docere, to teach, Gr dokein, to think, seem