Definitions for self-respect

self-respect self-re·spect

Spelling: [self-ri-spekt, self-]
IPA: /ˈsɛlf rɪˈspɛkt, ˌsɛlf-/

Self-Respect is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 535 anagrams from letters in self-respect (-ceeeflprsst).

Definitions for self-respect

noun

  1. proper esteem or regard for the dignity of one's character.

Origin of self-respect

First recorded in 1605-15

Examples for self-respect

In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence.

Doubtless the self-respect of the woman was in no way wounded by the master's recoil.

God acts out of moral obligation, out of self-respect, out of love.

“No Scrubs,” an anthem about self-respect on the dating market.

But more than that, Bud showed me how to save my self-respect and my honor.

It was becoming certain that their self-respect was awakened.

Failures of mutual respect and inequality in self-respect are failures in an economy, and in a democratic culture.

Someone recently sent me an old Joan Didion essay on self-respect that appeared in Vogue.

And this we must not say to each other even now, by all the bonds of mutual honor and self-respect.

The place where 10-million backpackers have lost their self-respect (hopefully just temporarily).

Word Value for self-respect
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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