If someone has dignity, it means they are worthy of respect. If you really want the lead role in a play and you try to bribe the director to give it to you, she might say, “Have you no dignity?”
The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.
Noun
the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; "it was beneath his dignity to cheat"; "showed his true dignity when under pressure"
Noun
formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great dignity"
Noun
high office or rank or station; "he respected the dignity of the emissaries"
n.
The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind
or character; true worth; excellence.
n.
Elevation; grandeur.
n.
Elevated rank; honorable station; high office, political
or ecclesiastical; degree of excellence; preferment; exaltation.
n.
Quality suited to inspire respect or reverence; loftiness
and grace; impressiveness; stateliness; -- said of //en, manner, style,
etc.
n.
One holding high rank; a dignitary.
n.
Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim.
Dignity
The dignity of this act was worth the audience of kings.3.
And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this?
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, . . . the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power.4.
A letter written with singular energy and dignity of thought d language.5.
These filthy dreamers . . . speak evil of dignities.6.
Sciences concluding from dignities, and principles known by themselves.
They did not stand upon their dignity, nor give their minds to being or to seeming as elegant and as fine as anybody else.
The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.
Usage Examples
Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.
Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.
For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this that he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it.
A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity.
Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
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Other Usage ExamplesA fact must be assimilated with, or discriminated fromm, some other fact or facts, in order to be raised to the dignity of a truth, and made to convey the least knowledge to the mind.
And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond that you do what you say you're going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them.
America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.
Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity.
Democracy may have arisen in the West as the way of striving for the universal aspiration to dignity and freedom, but it isn't alien to the underlying concepts that infuse religion and moral philosophy everywhere.
Because we should always respect other nationalities, I have always tried to play them with dignity.
From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.
After a lifetime of working, raising families, and contributing to the success of this nation in countless other ways, senior citizens deserve to retire with dignity.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
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