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the decent thing
adjective
Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
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"It's the decent thing to do".
It would be the decent thing.
He should do the decent thing and resign".
"I'm trying to do the decent thing here," he said.
It was, most people agreed, the decent thing to do.
Sod them and their "it's the decent thing".
Surely it will now do the decent thing.
Maybe politics will prevent the party doing the decent thing".
Mr Cable should do the decent thing and resign".
This is Reid's third attempt this year to do the decent thing.
For obvious reasons, we'll do the decent thing and leave handling to one side for now.
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