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Decent vs Dedent - What's the difference?

decent | dedent |

As an adjective decent

is decent (sufficiently clothed).

As a verb dedent is

(computing) (primarily python) to outdent.

decent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
  • (of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.
  • Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.
  • Fair; good enough; okay.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.}}
  • Significant; substantial.
  • (obsolete) Comely; shapely; well-formed.
  • * A sable stole of cyprus lawn / Over thy decent shoulders drawn — Milton.

    • Antonyms

    * indecent

    Related terms

    * decency * decently

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    dedent

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (computing) (primarily Python) To outdent.
  • * 2008 , Matthew A. Telles, Python Power!: The Comprehensive Guide , ISBN 1598631586, page 80-81:
    • Dedent Region If there were any need to prove that Python was a programmer's tool, and not something written for anyone with the slightest grasp of the English language, instead of the Python language, this menu option would dissuade them from that belief. Really, who would call something dedent ? ... Unlike the indenting command, dedenting (can this really be used as a verb?) a block can cause problems.
  • * 2009 , Chris Smith, Programming F# , ISBN 0596153643, page 7
    • If the body of the if statement, the failwith, was dedented four spaces and therefore lined up with the if keyword, the F
  • compiler would yield a warning.
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