"We thought that it was only the decent thing to approach you first, in private."

He might get it through his head what's the decent thing for him to do.

Well, are you going to do the decent thing and sell him back to his family or not?

But I think they have provided you with some decent things to consider.

It wasn't the most decent thing to do, running out like that.

Part of being a democracy is learning when you need to step down and do the decent thing.

"Seems to me to be the only decent thing to do after what happened today."

That is the only decent thing for them to do.

I thought the only decent thing to do was to leave you in peace.

The only decent thing to do is to drop the case.