self-respect
- proper esteem or regard for the dignity of one's character.
Origin of self-respect
Related Words for self-respect
dignity, self-confidence, self-assurance, pride, self-esteem, self-worth, self-regard, confidence, worth, vanityExamples from the Web for self-respect
Contemporary Examples of self-respect
Someone recently sent me an old Joan Didion essay on self-respect that appeared in Vogue.
“No Scrubs,” an anthem about self-respect on the dating market.
Beyoncé Is Our Indigo Girl: The Halcyon '90s and Feminism's Resurgence in Pop MusicAmanda Marcotte
August 26, 2014
Failures of mutual respect and inequality in self-respect are failures in an economy, and in a democratic culture.
The place where 10-million backpackers have lost their self-respect (hopefully just temporarily).
But more than that, Bud showed me how to save my self-respect and my honor.
Historical Examples of self-respect
It was becoming certain that their self-respect was awakened.
Ester Ried Yet SpeakingIsabella Alden
God acts out of moral obligation, out of self-respect, out of love.
Understanding the ScripturesFrancis McConnell
And this we must not say to each other even now, by all the bonds of mutual honor and self-respect.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
Doubtless the self-respect of the woman was in no way wounded by the master's recoil.
Miracles of Our LordGeorge MacDonald
self-respect
- a proper sense of one's own dignity and integrity