'Self-respect' definitions:
Definition of 'self-respect'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
Definition of 'Self-respect'
From: GCIDE
- Self-respect \Self`-re*spect"\, n. Respect for one's self; regard for one's character; laudable self-esteem. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'self-respect'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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