dignity
noun
bearing, conduct, or speech indicative of self-respect or appreciation of the formality or gravity of an occasion or situation.
dignities
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pluralof dignity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, had numerous chances to take a stand for basic human dignities.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2022
“We continue to feel our lives are at risk and our patient’s rights and dignities are ignored,” Osborne wrote in the letter to the Department of Health.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2020
“Music helps us share ourselves, our dignities and sorrows, our hopes and joys. It allows to hear one another, to invite each other in. Music shows us that all of it matters.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2019
But Smarsh’s story demonstrates an urgent truth of today’s unforgiving economy, that a college degree no longer unlocks the gates to the dignities of the middle class as it once did.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2017
But happening to look up at Mrs. Pocket as she sat reading her book of dignities after prescribing Bed as a sovereign remedy for baby, I thought—Well—No, I wouldn’t.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
