dignity

CEFRC1

/ˈdɪɡnɪti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The quality of being worthy of respect.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Decorum, formality, stateliness.

Examples

  • She accepted the criticism with quiet dignity.

  • You don't have proper dignity as chief of the section.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. High office, rank, or station.

  2. The state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character.

  3. One holding high rank; a dignitary.

More examples

In context

  • Your action has offended his dignity.

  • Every individual shall have the right to the respect of the dignity inherent in a human being.

  • He uttered this ... with great majesty, or, as he called it, dignity.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English dignyte, from Old French dignité, from Latin dignitās (“worthiness, merit, dignity, grandeur, authority, rank, office”), from dignus (“worthy, appropriate”), from Proto-Italic *degnos, from Proto-Indo-European *dḱ-nos, from *deḱ- (“to take”). See also decus (“honor, esteem”) and decet (“it is fitting”). Cognate to deign. Doublet of dainty. In this sense, displaced native Old English weorþsċipe, which became Modern English worship.