Self-respect

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Self-respect \Self`-re*spect"\, n.
     Respect for one's self; regard for one's character; laudable
     self-esteem.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  self-respect
       n : the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; "it was
           beneath his dignity to cheat"; "showed his true dignity
           when under pressure" [syn: {dignity}, {self-esteem}, {self-regard}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-respect":
     amour propre, amour-propre, arrogance, autoeroticism, boastfulness,
     complacency, conceit, consequentiality, dignity, ego trip, face,
     haughtiness, honor, independence, integrity, morale, narcism,
     narcissism, overproudness, overweening pride, pardonable pride,
     pride, pridefulness, proudness, purse-pride, self-admiration,
     self-approbation, self-complacency, self-confidence,
     self-congratulation, self-consequence, self-content, self-delight,
     self-endearment, self-esteem, self-gratulation, self-importance,
     self-infatuation, self-love, self-regard, self-reliance,
     self-satisfaction, self-sufficiency, self-worship, smugness,
     stiff-necked pride, stiff-neckedness, vaingloriousness, vainglory,
     vainness, vanity