Word du Jour : dignity - 2011/03/28(Mon.)

dignity

[dɪgnɪti]

-noun

1. If someone behaves or moves with dignity, they are calm, controlled, and admirable.

2. If you talk about the dignity of people or their lives or activities, you mean that they are valuable and worthy of respect.

3. Your dignity is the sense that you have of your own importance and value, and other people's respect for you.



Example)

▶ They laid the matter on the table to save their own dignity.
▶ Her great sense of pride of dignity and respect for others.
▶ Water is essential for life, health and human dignity.