self-respect

How does “the papa,” the upholder of tradition, as the musical’s opening number spells out, maintain his self-respect, if not his authority?

But she’s earning bank by sending a message of self-respect to her audience.

I think the founding fathers assumed that people would have more ambition and self-respect than any Republican in Congress has managed to muster so far.

This comes into sharpest focus when you examine their crash-and-burn business ventures — each one a Hail Mary pass toward self-respect, status, or at least passive income.

Getting a handout ate into my pride, my sense of independence and my self-respect.