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upstanding

 adjective
     
up‧stand‧ing formal
1 honest and responsible:
upstanding young men and women
2 standing upright or pointing upwards
3

be upstanding

British English spoken formal used in a formal situation such as a law court to tell people to stand up as a sign of respect for an important person
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