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self-respectˌself-reˈspect noun [uncountable]   - Serious illness often results in a loss of confidence and self-respect.
- Tom's job teaching young kids gives him pride and self-respect.
- Her pride and self-respect demanded it.
- It was where physical prowess was under constant assessment and where a boy's self-respect could be built up or crushed.
- Obviously, self-respect was not the same as disrespect.
- Poetry, popular culture and self-respect.
- Soon after the brouhaha, San Diegans' civic self-respect could soar.
- Those who retained sufficient self-respect and sense of responsibility to think of the future were filled with the deepest apprehension.
- Yet its impact in allowing ordinary retired workers some self-respect was enormous.
- You have to have a little dignity and a little self-respect.
a feeling of respect for yourself► self-respect a feeling of respect and confidence in yourself and in your abilities: · It is difficult to keep your self-respect when you have been unemployed for a long time· Serious illness often results in a loss of confidence and self-respect. ► self-esteem the feeling that you are someone who deserves to be liked, respected, and admired: · The program is designed to help children from broken families build their self-esteem.low/high self-esteem (=a bad or good feeling about yourself): · When I started seeing my therapist, I was suffering from very low self-esteem. ► dignity the ability to behave in a calm way that shows that you respect yourself, even in difficult situations: do something with dignity: · Very sick people should be allowed to die with dignity.lose your dignity: · She lost her home and all her money, but she never lost her dignity. ► pride the feeling that you deserve to be respected by other people - use this especially when this feeling is so strong that someone finds it difficult to admit they need help or that they are wrong: · He has too much pride to say he's sorry.· Her pride would not allow her to ask for help.hurt somebody's pride: · We don't like failing - it hurts our pride. ► dignified behaving in a calm way, even in a difficult situation, so that other people respect and admire you: · She was a quiet, dignified old lady.· Jo listened to their criticisms in dignified silence. a feeling of being happy about your character, abilities, and beliefs → self-esteem:  It’s difficult to keep your self-respect when you have been unemployed for a long time. |