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Upstanding

//ʌpˈstændɪŋ// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Honest; reputable; respectable.

    "An upstanding merchant will exchange a faulty product."

  2. 2
    Standing up. not-comparable

    "Please be upstanding for His Worship the Mayor."

Adjective
  1. 1
    meriting respect or esteem wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of upstand form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From up- + standing.

Etymology 2

From upstand.

Etymology 3

From upstand.

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