Respectability

At the mention of his name Respectability stiffened in dismay.

The Day of Days An Extravaganza Louis Joseph Vance 1906

The Whigs appear to think this world of ours composed of two very different and distinct classes -- themselves and their candidates who, dwelling in the odor of "Respectability" are above and beyond criticism, and must be handled with silk gloves properly scented -- and the mere rabble, the "Locofocos," comprising a majority of the voters of North Carolina who are utterly unworthy of respectable treatment.

Party Politics in North Carolina, 1835-1860 1916

"Respectability" has made their barbarous treatment a burning shame to a so-called "free" country: they are subjected to slights and wrongs only for practicing polygamy, an institution never condemned by Christ or the early

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

But, hardly had we begun when "Respectability," that whited sepulchre full of all uncleanness, rose up against us.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

There also as here it goes hand-in-hand with "Respectability" to blind judgment and good sense.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

Bourdeaux demands a reign of Law and Respectability, meaning Girondism, with emphasis.

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

There is a remarkable thing called Respectability to be reckoned with remember that. "

The Man Between: An International Romance 1906

“‘Dress modestly, neatly . . . as if you were going to church’: Respectability, Class and Gender in the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Early Civil Rights Movement.”

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

“Irish American Catholics and the Quest for Respectability in the Coming of the Great War, 1900–1917.”

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

Both can be counted on to furiously represent the interests of Respectability.

Discussion: On Sex in Fiction 2009