self-respect.

A sense of one's own dignity and the standards one should maintain.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• preserve self-respect
• lose self-respect

On the page

She declined the offer to preserve her self-respect.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.