self-respect
Healthy inner pride
Self-respect is a proper regard for one's own dignity and worth.
It implies standards you won't compromise and treatment you won't accept: She had too much self-respect to beg for his attention.
Unlike pride or arrogance, self-respect suggests quiet confidence rather than superiority—knowing your value without needing others to confirm it.
Confident self-expression quality
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- independenceFreedom from external control
- inner strengthMental and emotional resilience
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
autonomy · poise · fortitude · resolve · boldness · courage · backbone · gumption
High regard, moral dignity
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- gravitasDignified, weighty manner
- statureHeight or prestige
- composureEmotional self-control
poise · decorum · standing · prestige · bearing · demeanor · carriage · deportment
Foundational moral beliefs
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
uprightness · rectitude · honor · conscience · righteousness · probity · accountability · scruples
Imposed maximum points
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- assertivenessConfident self-expression quality
- personal spaceComfort distance around oneself
- firmnessResistance to deformation
Mental and emotional tranquility
- wholenessComplete, undivided state
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
- contentmentPeaceful satisfaction with circumstances
- groundednessState of being anchored
assertiveness
Confident self-expression quality
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- independenceFreedom from external control
- inner strengthMental and emotional resilience
resilience · autonomy · poise · fortitude · resolve · boldness · courage · backbone · gumption · mettle
honor
High regard, moral dignity
composure · poise · decorum · standing · prestige · bearing · demeanor · carriage · deportment · worthiness
principles
Foundational moral beliefs
honesty · uprightness · rectitude · honor · conscience · righteousness · probity · accountability · scruples · character
limits
Imposed maximum points
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- assertivenessConfident self-expression quality
- personal spaceComfort distance around oneself
inner peace
Mental and emotional tranquility
- wholenessComplete, undivided state
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
- contentmentPeaceful satisfaction with circumstances
- selfpersonal identity, psyche, ego, introspection, character
- dignity and respecthuman dignity, honor, worth, value, esteem
- honorhonor, honor code, code of honor, personal honor, word of honor
- respectadmiration, esteem, regard, reverence, veneration
- egoego, egoism, big ego, egotism, egocentrism
- self-worthworthiness, confidence, personal dignity, personal honor, deserving
self-respectself-hatred
Intense dislike of oneself
self-loathing · self-contempt · self-disgust · self-rejection · self-abasement
self-respectdisgrace
Loss of honor
dishonor · humiliation · shame · ignominy · infamy
self-respectservility
Excessive willingness to please
meekness · obsequiousness · timidity · timidness · submissiveness
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