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self-respect

[self-ri-spekt, self-] Origin

self-re·spect

[self-ri-spekt, self-]
noun
proper esteem or regard for the dignity of one's character.

Origin:
1605–15

self-re·spect·ful, self-re·spect·ing, adjective
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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self-respect
 
n
a proper sense of one's own dignity and integrity
 
self-re'spectful
 
adj
 
self-re'specting
 
adj

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self-respect
"proper regard for the dignity of one's person," 1795, from self + respect (q.v.).
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