REPUTABILITY Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

reputability

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Only his father’s respectability, and perhaps his odd Motown accent, spared him from getting cussed out by bridesmaids at society weddings as a wastrel and drunkard, a shameless woman-wrapper.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
Historically, social respectability has relied, remarkably often, on the discretion of others and the last resort of deniability.

— Fern Schumer Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of respectability

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Building a reputation for trustworthiness and fairness through transparent actions and accountability also helps reinforce one’s incorruptibility.

— Nancy Pulciano, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2026
While critics say these changes are merely cosmetic, many ordinary Bangladeshis have been sold on the veneer of incorruptibility that comes from a theological under-pinning.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Jan. 2026

Definition of incorruptibility

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Alongside them, an 82-year-old lawmaker wages a final battle against powerful religious opposition to change the law — and the belief that endurance is a virtue.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
And ads paid for by the prediction market and gambling industries don’t tout the virtues of those industries.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of virtue

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He was branded a heretic, in part for preaching that the nobility were immoral and so was nobility itself.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2026
Originally published in Esquire magazine, this group portrait of jazz nobility was photographed at 17 East 126th Street in New York City.

— David Morgan, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

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However, a modicum of decency four years ago would’ve gone further.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
And the solution is simply to replace the corrupt, racist authoritarian with a governing party that respects the rule of law, equality, and basic decency.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

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