From self- respect
self- respect uncountable
The knowledge of one's own worth, valuing one's self; pride .
1814 May 9Jane Austen ], chapter XXIV, in Mansfield Park: [ … ] (please specify |volume=I to III) , London: [ … ] [ George Sidney] for T[ homas] Egerton , [ … ] →OCLC [ … ] he wished he had been a William Price, distinguishing himself and working his way to fortune and consequence with so much self-respect and happy ardour, instead of what he was!
1850 Nathaniel Hawthorne , The Scarlet Letter, a Romance Ticknor, Reed, and Fields , →OCLC In the little chaos of Pearl's character there might be seen emerging [ … ] an uncontrollable will—sturdy pride, which might be disciplined into self-respect —and a bitter scorn of many things which, when examined, might be found to have the taint of falsehood in them.
1915 The Voyage Out [1] Would any woman have behaved like that—if a man had said he didn’t want her? We’ve too much self-respect ; we’re infinitely finer than they are.
1965 Frank Herbert , Dune [2] Science Fiction ), New York : Ace Books , →OCLC page 112 [3] “To hold Arrakis,” the Duke said, “one is faced with decisions that may cost one his self-respect .” He pointed out the window to the Atreides green and black banner hanging limply from a staff at the edge of the landing field. "That honorable banner could come to mean many evil things."
knowledge of one's own worth
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Armenian: ինքնասիրություն (hy) ( inkʻnasirutʻyun ) , արժանապատվություն (hy) ( aržanapatvutʻyun ) , թասիբ (hy) ( tʻasib )
Bulgarian: самоуваже́ние (bg) n ( samouvažénie )
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Hokkien: chì-khì chū-chun
Mandarin: 自尊 (zh) ( zìzūn ) , 自尊心 (zh) ( zìzūnxīn )
Czech: sebeúcta (cs) f
Danish: selvrespekt c
Dutch: zelfrespect (nl) n
Esperanto: memrespekto
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French: respect de soi m dignité personnelle f
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German: Selbstachtung (de) f Selbstrespekt m Selbstwertschätzung f
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Polish: poczucie własnej wartości n szacunek dla samego siebie m
Portuguese: orgulho (pt) m vergonha na cara f
Romanian: respect de sine n
Russian: чу́вство со́бственного досто́инства (ru) n ( čúvstvo sóbstvennovo dostóinstva ) , самоуваже́ние (ru) n ( samouvažénije )
Scottish Gaelic: fèin-urram m
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