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obliging, kind, generous, accommodating: You can count on David
to do the decent thing. 5 chaste, pure, virtuous, modest,
well-bred, decorous, well brought up, nice, respectable:
Caroline is a decent girl, but no great brain or beauty.
deception n. 1 duplicity, deceit, intrigue, hypocrisy, fraud, cheating,
trickery, chicanery or chicane, dissimulation, double-dealing,
subterfuge, sophistry, treachery, knavery, tergiversation; see
also deceit 1, above: He practised deception even in his family
relationships. 2 trick, ruse, artifice, stratagem, subterfuge,
manoeuvre, wile, imposture, hoax, sham, pretence; see also
deceit 2, above: He tried every deception in the book to
separate her from her money.
deceptive adj. 1 misleading, false, illusory, deceiving, unreliable: He
has the look of an athlete, but appearances can be deceptive. 2
fraudulent, deceitful, dishonest, untruthful, fake, false,
shifty, fallacious, specious, spurious, bogus, counterfeit,
pseudo, sophistical; tricky, dodgy, evasive, elusive, slippery,
Colloq phoney or US also phony: The bank is being deceptive
about his credit rating.
decide v. 1 determine, settle, resolve, conclude, take or reach or
come to a decision or conclusion, make up one's mind, arbitrate,
judge, adjudicate, referee, umpire: She decided that you were
right. They decided the case in my favour. 2 decide on or upon.
fix or fasten or settle on or upon, choose, select, pick (out),
elect, opt (for), commit oneself (to): I have decided on a
British-made car.
decided adj. 1 definite, pronounced, marked, unmistakable, unambiguous,
unequivocal, certain, sure, absolute, obvious, clear, evident,
unquestionable, unquestioned, indisputable, undisputed,
undeniable, irrefutable, incontestable, unqualified,
unconditional, incontrovertible, solid: The party was a decided
success. 2 fixed, firm, resolute, determined, adamant, stony,
unhesitating, decisive, definite, unfaltering, assertive,
asseverative, unswerving, unwavering: They are decided in their
approval of her plan.
decipher v. 1 decode, decrypt; unravel, unscramble, disentangle,
translate, work out, explain, solve, Colloq figure out: It was
Champollion who deciphered the Rosetta Stone. 2 read,