self-respect
Example Sentences
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She said Atkins' behaviour "totally eroded my self-respect and my self-esteem".
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
The Continent “produced the genius of Mozart and Beethoven,” and it isn’t narrow or xenophobic to feel pride in this; it is a just self-respect without which you won’t be able to continue in history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
How do I keep my self-respect and continue to communicate with him?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025
Acting with your own moral being and own self-respect is needed.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025
I sit at my typewriter, stunned that my mother could cast off someone who’d done her the biggest favor of her life, raise her children, teach me kindness and self-respect.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
