Regard for one's own dignity, standards, and legitimate boundaries.
Reach for it when naming the inner worth that supports fair treatment and principled choices
Self-respect helped Inez decline the role when the promised safeguards disappeared.
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everyday
Fits when belief in one's ability supports the decision
Careful Confidence can exist alongside accepting degrading treatment.
everyday
pride
Fits when satisfaction in identity or work motivates care
Careful Pride can seek superiority, while self-respect need not compare anyone.
warm
Fits when unconditional personal value is the message
Careful Self-respect also includes standards for one's own conduct.
professional
Fits when overall positive self-evaluation is being discussed
Careful A person may have uneven self-esteem yet uphold self-respecting boundaries.
formal
Fits when inherent worth and freedom from humiliation are central
Careful Dignity is possessed regardless of whether the person currently feels self-respect.
formal
Fits when adherence to principles earns inner regard
Careful Integrity concerns moral consistency, not the full relationship with oneself.
formal
self-regard
Fits when neutral attention to one's own interests is intended
Careful It may sound vain and lacks the ethical boundaries of self-respect.
literary
Fits when personal standards carry a solemn moral weight
Careful Honor can be social and reputation-based, unlike inward self-respect.
sense of self-respect
Earning her own fare restored a sense of self-respect after months of dependence.
maintain self-respect
He could apologize fully and still maintain self-respect.
basic self-respect
Basic self-respect led the crew to request clean protective clothing.
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