Good
Good adjective - Meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation.
Usage example: those rotten apples aren't good to eat
Respectable is a synonym for good in considerable topic. In some cases you can use "Respectable" instead an adjective "Good", when it comes to topics like scrupulous, moral, useful.
Respectable
Respectable adjective - Having a good reputation especially in a field of knowledge.
Usage example: no respectable dietician would advise people to eat just one kind of food
Good is a synonym for respectable in substantial topic. You can use "Good" instead the word "Respectable" as an adjective or a noun, if it concerns topics such as reputable, honourable.
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Moral Guardians: " La Mauvaise Réputation" has the recurring line "No, good/respectable folk don't like it when // One follows a different path than theirs." Odd Friendship: with the famous "singing priest", Père Duval.
Source: Music / Georges Brassens -
Unlike some examples, Cyclops-Phoenix gets a few good hits in, instead of being No Selled, and considering how powerful the Beyonders - whose power Doom stole - were, it's fairly respectable.
Source: Comic Book / Secret Wars (2015) -
Black Sheep: The good Doctor is this, from the point of view of his respectable sister Sarah.
Source: Literature / Doctor Dolittle
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