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dignity
noun as in excellence, nobility
Strongest matches
decency, decorum, grace, grandeur, greatness, honor, morality, poise, prestige, quality, respectability, self-respect, stature, status, virtue
Strong matches
address, cachet, character, consequence, courtliness, culture, distinction, elevation, eminence, ethics, etiquette, glory, gravity, hauteur, importance, loftiness, majesty, merit, nobleness, perfection, propriety, rank, regard, renown, seemliness, significance, solemnity, splendor, standing, state, stateliness, station, sublimity, worth, worthiness
Example Sentences
"They can't accept that the Romanian people finally said, 'we want our life back, our country, our dignity'," he said, portraying himself as battling against an unyielding establishment.
“Month after month, Israel has treated Palestinians in Gaza as a subhuman group unworthy of human rights and dignity, demonstrating its intent to physically destroy them,” she continued.
“Everyone dealing with mental health issues deserves to be looked after with dignity and respect.”
Conference of Catholic Bishops describess the death penalty “an attack on the dignity of the human person…because it asserts that someone is beyond redemption.”
They always seemed to be paying a debt they didn’t owe while struggling to hold onto their dignity.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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