dignity
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈdɪɡnɪti/
- I believe that all people should be treated with dignity and respect.
- human dignity
- dignity and respect
- dignity and worth
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Watch on YouTubeAnd I try to give back dignity to this person.
- And I try to give back dignity to this person.
- He has regained his full dignity thanks to that job.
- Your concern that people live in freedom and dignity and so forth shines through.
- Your value is your dignity, also known as your worthiness.
- How can they live together in dignity, security?
- You were a leader of vision, patience, dignity, passion and humanity.
- And I believe that self dignity stems from a lot of things.
- Her job is her poise and her dignity, what she represents.
- That any should be stripped of their human dignity, as we were.
- Do not compromise your dignity, your pride and your needs.
- You have to stay with dignity and respect.
- Leisure with dignity is what most professors aspire to.
Examples
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Both programmes beautifully captured the dignity displayed by ordinary people caught up in extraordinary events.
Academic text (2011) -
Ancestors, I honor you... and will try to live with the dignity you have taught me.
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And I try to give back dignity to this person.
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We had taken away the dignity of those families.
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The partners agree to respect the dignity and worth of employees in all decisions.
Academic text (1999) -
Social workers believe in the dignity and worth of every human being.
Academic text (2008) -
I think these people have felt that their dignity has been stolen from them.
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With such contracts, basic dignity of the person and the fundamental integrity of the body are at stake.
Academic text (2017) -
You were a leader of vision, patience, dignity, passion and humanity.
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I believe that all people should be treated with dignity and respect.
Synonyms
498
2.2
Respect given to a person for good moral behavior
69
3.2
A feeling of being proud and confident about yourself and your actions
30
3.7
A feeling that you are a good and important person
19
5.0
Being morally good and acting with kindness and honor
15
8.0
A serious, calm manner that makes people respect you
2
5.8
A feeling that you are a person who deserves respect
1
6.6
Being kind and honest in a way people respect
1
8.7
Being worthy of deep respect and honour
1
7.4
A quality of being honest and fair that earns respect
The quality of being worthy of respect and praise for good actions
Antonyms
- Offensive
148
4.2
A feeling of shame and loss of respect for yourself after being made to look foolish
Idioms
- Formal
To behave calmly and with self-respect in difficult or formal situations
How Dignified
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dignity comes from the Latin words dignus, meaning 'worthy', and dignitas, meaning 'worthiness'. So to have dignity is to keep your self-respect and calm, showing you are 'worthy' of respect.