Meaning of self-respect | Babel Free
Equivalents
العربية
غيرة
Čeština
sebeúcta
Cymraeg
hunan-barch
Dansk
selvrespekt
Ελληνικά
αυτοσεβασμός
Español
autorrespeto
Gaeilge
féinmheas
Gàidhlig
fèin-urram
עברית
כבוד
Magyar
önérzet
Italiano
autostima
ქართული
თვითდაფასება
한국어
자존심
Lietuvių
savigarba
Nederlands
zelfrespect
Română
respect de sine
Українська
самоповага
Tiếng Việt
lòng tự trọng
Examples
“[…] he wished he had been a William Price, distinguishing himself and working his way to fortune and consequence with so much self-respect and happy ardour, instead of what he was!”
“In the little chaos of Pearl's character there might be seen emerging[…]an uncontrollable will—sturdy pride, which might be disciplined into self-respect—and a bitter scorn of many things which, when examined, might be found to have⟳ the taint of falsehood in them.”
“Would any woman have⟳ behaved like⟳ that—if a man had said he didn’t want⟳ her? We’ve too much self-respect; we’re infinitely finer than they are.”
““To hold⟳ Arrakis,” the Duke said, “one is faced with decisions that may cost⟳ one his self-respect.” He pointed out the window to the Atreides green and black banner hanging limply from a staff at the edge of the landing field. "That honorable banner could come⟳ to mean⟳ many evil things."”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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