thing
After the recent scandal, the priest is expected to do the decent thing and resign from his position.近来的丑闻过后，估计那个牧师会做该做的事，引咎辞职。
I knew that if I explained the situation to Jemima she would do the decent thing.
When Diane became pregnant, Roy did the decent thing and married her.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Suitable and acceptable
able
acceptability
acceptable
acceptably
accepted
convenience
conveniently
correctly
correctness
decent
decently
felicity
just what the doctor orderedidiom
legitimate
practical
quality
re-eligibility
re-eligible
relevance
relevant