Cryptic crossword clue
Fine for husband initiating beating is appropriate 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word FITTING

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What does FITTING mean?

FITTING verb
  1. To be suitable for.
  2. To conform to in size and shape.
  3. To be of the right size and shape
  4. (with to) To make conform in size and shape.
  5. To be in agreement with.
  6. To adjust.
  7. To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
  8. To equip or supply.
  9. To make ready.
  10. To be seemly.
  11. To be proper or becoming.
  12. To be in harmony.
FITTING verb
  1. To suffer a fit.
FITTING noun
  1. A small part, especially a standardized or detachable part of a device or machine.
  2. A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling
  3. The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit.
  4. The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.
  5. (often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.
  6. The action or condition of having fits in the sense of seizures or convulsions.
FITTING adjective
  1. Ready, appropriate, suitable, or in keeping

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