Definition of "upstanding" []

• Standing erect or upright. (adjective)
• Morally upright; honest. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "And then for the people to exploit it under the guise of being morally upstanding is disgusting — and it embarrassed me because I was a part of it."
• "Rydstrom was known as upstanding and good, Sabine as treacherous and evil."
• "“But I have to say he did tip well, whereas a lot of so-called upstanding citizens are too cheap to throw a starving dog a bone.”"