REP'UTABLE, adjective [from repute.]

1. Being in good repute; held in esteem; as a reputable man or character; reputable conduct. It expresses less than respectable and honorable, denoting the good opinion of men, without distinction or great qualities.

2. Consistent with reputation; not mean or disgraceful. It is evidence of extreme depravity that vice is in any case reputable

In the article of danger, it is as reputable to elude an enemy as to defeat one.