reputabilityn.
/ˌrɛpjᵿtəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌrɛpjədəˈbɪlᵻdi/ The state or quality of being reputable.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [noun]
worshipeOE
worthOE
dignity?c1225
worthsc1225
mund?c1250
pricea1325
worthfulheada1325
valourc1330
dignesse1399
value?a1400
honesty1418
worthiheadc1425
honourabilityc1426
worthihood?1457
sadnessa1513
honourableness1553
respect1567
worshipfulty1589
ingenuity1598
creditableness1647
honorificabilitudinity1656
worshipfulness1663
reputability1792
creditability1805
1792 Appeal to People 145 Will not the honest exertions of the Catholic farmer, emulate the reputability and influence of the Protestant yeoman?
1846 Builder 25 July Upon my reputability, experience, and judgment,..I pronounce on this work..its utter condemnation.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 3 June 2/2 Order and reputability may create cogent reasons.
1910 E. S. Mead Corporation Finance xii. 144 The syndicate manager of the trust was a great banker whose name is a certificate of reputability.
1964 Science 8 May 656/1 In most fields and countries..freedom of publication was subject to the restraint of reputability.
2006 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 27 Aug. (Sports Suppl.) 13 There are those who change for the better, but never has one come so far from repudiation to reputability.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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