dignity
尊严
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plural dig·ni·ties.
- : bearing, conduct, or speech indicative of self-respect or appreciation of the formality or gravity of an occasion or situation.
- : nobility or elevation of character; worthiness: dignity of sentiments.
- : elevated rank, office, station, etc.
- : relative standing; rank.
- : a sign or token of respect: an impertinent question unworthy of the dignity of an answer.
- : Archaic. person of high rank or title.such persons collectively.
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Examples
Respect for women and the dignity of all Alaskans is our responsibility.
Sometimes he takes money as he disappears, but mostly it seems like he’s after their dignity.
What I know as a human being is that children should be treated with dignity and respect, no matter their nationality or the color of their skin.
A Republican whose social group sees wearing a mask as shameful faces a dilemma of dignity.
Altogether, this means that treating others well requires an understanding about what gives them their dignity and what things they are ultimately trying to achieve.
Yet she spoke of his dignity in such an insane situation and when she touched on his pain she expressed her own on his behalf.
Pakistan was dancing for the U.S. dollar and joined up with it without any dignity.
“You can cut my hair, you can bald me, you can strip me naked and take away my dignity,” she said.
But what about terminally ill patients who live in states like New York, without a Death with Dignity law?
And at $29.99, lighting up all sense of parental dignity and responsibility costs less than a carton of actual cigarettes.
We shall recover again some or all of the steadfastness and dignity of the old religious life.