the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
‘Of a suitable kind or character; fit; proper; becoming: as, befitting words; a befitting dress or manner.
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adj. appropriate to
Word Usage
"He also wore an expression befitting a totally innocent man and revealed just the proper degree of shock, his eyes opening wider, when Van Sant asked him, “Did you kill your wife?”"