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/ˈdɪɡnɪti/
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ˈdɪɡnɪti
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The state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character.
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He uttered this ... with great majesty, or, as he called it, dignity.
Every individual shall have the right to the respect of the dignity inherent in a human being.
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Historically, dignity has been ascribed to an elite group, but human dignity with reference to humanity and the human family has democratized dignity. […]. The idea of dignity as rank was carried over in Christian doctrine […].
Decorum, formality, stateliness.
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The reception room was sacred to the dead wife. Her shiny portrait hung upon the wall - similar, doubtless, in all respects to the one which would be pasted on her tombstone. A little piece of black drapery had been tacked above the frame to lend a dignity to woe. But two of the tacks had fallen out, and the effect was now rakish, as that of a drunkard's bonnet.
Official DIGNITY tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.
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The presence of an attorney from Washington, he wrote, "would lend dignity to the proceedings," and it also would "remove the questions of local prejudices and faction from the picture and would have a very fine effect upon the jury."
High office, rank, or station.
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Note the preſumption of this Scythian ſlaue: I tel thee villaine, thoſe that lead my horſe Haue to their names tytles of dignitie, And dar’ſt thou bluntly cal me Baiazeth?
And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this?
He ... distributed the civil and military dignities among his favourites and followers.
One holding high rank; a dignitary.
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These filthy dreamers […] speak evil of dignities.
Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim.
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Sciences concluding from dignities, and principles known by themselves.
Respect.
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That in such an undertaking, if put on its right footing, and treated with dignity by the State, you would have the cheerful assistance of the first scientific teachers who have turned their philosophy to such practical uses, I have no doubt.
In my twenty years of ministry I have found that the minister was treated with dignity when he was dignified, that he was accorded authority and leadership when he was worthy of it.
Patients and residents shall be treated with dignity and kindness at all times.
Students must always be treated with dignity
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In the animal kingdom, spiders are a lot like Rodney Dangerfield — they get no respect, says Sebastian Echeverri, a 2019 American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellow.
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the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
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it was beneath his dignity to cheat
showed his true dignity when under pressure
formality in bearing and appearance
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he behaved with great dignity
high office or rank or station
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he respected the dignity of the emissaries