reverence
noun
a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
self-reverence
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a word derived from
reverence.
Example Sentences
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In Raoult’s view, French science was a duchy of appearances, connections and self-reverence.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2020
A great poet has told us that the things which lead life to sovereign power are self-knowledge, self-reverence, and self-control.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Alexander Maclaren
These three originate and culminate in the true self-reverence.
From The Moral Instruction of Children by Felix Adler
As for loftier things, "self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control"—duty—and the passion of high ideals—who was he to prate about them?
From The Marriage of William Ashe by Mrs. Humphry Ward
As for snobbishness, was not the silly-child American brand of it less ridiculous than this unblushing and unconcealed self-reverence, without any physical, mental or material justification whatsoever?
From The Second Generation by David Graham Phillips
