dignity

3 definitions • 7 examples

calm, serious, and controlled behaviour that makes people respect you:

He is a man of dignity and calm determination.

She has a quiet dignity about her.

I think everyone should be able to die with dignity.

the importance and value that a person has, that makes other people respect them or makes them respect themselves:

How could you wear something so indecent? Have you no dignity?

In hospital, she felt stripped of all her dignity.

He longs for a society in which the dignity of all people is recognized.

the quality of a person that makes him or her deserving of respect, sometimes shown in behavior or appearance:

Laws of privacy are designed to protect the dignity of individuals.