self-respect

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

self-respect
    n 1: 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-respect},
         {self-regard}, {self-worth}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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