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Meanings of self-respect in English

Portuguese
brio
Catalan
dignitat
Spanish
dignidad

Personal feelings or opinions of oneself.

brio
Synonyms
Examples for "dignity"
Examples for "dignity"
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It has restored hope and dignity to millions of people, he said.
Reuters
2
He quite often just wants to do it with success and dignity.
Ebony
3
My government will not compromise on Pakistan's sovereignty and dignity, said Gilani.
The Guardian
4
He made it quite clear that much speech was beneath his dignity.
Foundation
5
And questions are being asked about her dignity and modern British culture.
Reuters
1
Question: My son, who was 11 last week, has really low self-esteem.
The Irish Times
2
This can lead to loss of confidence, low self-esteem and severe stress.
The Irish Times
3
Ignoring her, Davis said, The government's very concerned about self-esteem these days.
Dark rivers of the heart
4
Cyclists have issues with self-esteem: they have far too much of it.
The Irish Times
5
He says he is consistently surprised at his patients' lack of self-esteem.
The Guardian
1
Tippett is lower wattage but also has a pretty healthy on-field self-regard.
The Guardian
2
His fierce shyness, his arrogant self-regard, are notes of a primitive state.
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
3
The Big Itself had never seemed shy of self-regard-Liirremembered that much.
Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
4
Gyer said, his voice taking on a characteristic note of self-regard.
Complete Books of Blood
5
But, to repeat, in the Second Men self-regard was never an over-mastering motive.
Last and First Men
1
But now she has such a good sense of confidence and self-worth.
The Guardian
2
It works really well for a character who doesn't value his self-worth.
News.com.au
3
However, they are reckless and don't have a firm concept of self-worth.
Space Master, GM Book
4
He needs to magnify his self-worth by reducing the victim to worthlessness.
Damaged
5
It goes back to the pillars of self-worth: Acceptance, Belonging, and Competence.
Have a new kid by friday: how to change your child's attitude, b...
Usage of self-respect in English
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But no one questions that having work can lead to greater self-respect.
The Guardian
2
None of us have the money, freedom, meaning, and self-respect we want.
The Guardian
3
Pigs aren't the British public; and self-respect is self-respect the world over.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
4
It is self-respect, and it involves and implies the respect of others.
New Forces in Old China: An Inevitable Awakening
5
Proud by nature, Afghans yearn to recover national self-respect and self sufficiency.
Reuters
6
And neither is it the custom for anyone to have any self-respect.
The Grain of Dust: A Novel
7
It's about community and trust, self-respect and self confidence, naturalism and naturism.
Reuters
8
They must have self-respect, start being in bed at 10pm and pace.
The Irish Times
9
Its self-respect is worth noticing, because it was short-lived in its art.
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
10
All the same it must be congratulated for this attempt at self-respect.
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
11
His self-respect was gone, and he appeared to glory in his shame.
From Boyhood to Manhood: Life of Benjamin Franklin
12
No man ever surrenders this ideal without the death of his self-respect.
The Root of Evil
13
They could retire with perfect self-respect and make excuses to the stars.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
14
The commonest sense of self-respect forbade me-properlyforbade me-tocross the threshold.
The Moonstone
15
The respect of my fellow-men I hold far more lightly than self-respect.
The Malady of the Century
16
Do you think it'd give 'em airs or the beginnings of self-respect?
Go Set a Watchman
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Translations for self-respect
Spanish
dignidad
Self-respect through the time