self-respecting
Valuing one's dignity
Self-respecting describes someone who has proper regard for their own dignity and standards.
The term appears most often in negative constructions that suggest what any reasonable person would or wouldn't do: No self-respecting chef would use canned tomatoes.
It implies that certain choices or behaviors are beneath someone who values themselves.
Having high moral standards
- principledHaving strong moral beliefs
- uprightVertical or morally sound
- decentAcceptably good
- properSocially appropriate
decorous · virtuous · conscientious · reputable · morality · propriety · rectitude · probity
Free from deception
- ethicalConforming to moral principles
- trustworthyWorthy of confidence
- authenticVerified as original
- sincereGenuinely felt, not feigned
truthful · accountable · responsible · reliable · honorable · principled · conscience · fidelity
Self-directed and free
- sovereignSupreme in power
- liberatedReleased from confinement
- unfetteredFree from restriction
- unconstrainedHaving no restrictions
honorable
Having high moral standards
- principledHaving strong moral beliefs
- uprightVertical or morally sound
- decentAcceptably good
proper · decorous · virtuous · conscientious · reputable · morality · propriety · rectitude · probity · uprightness
honest
Free from deception
- ethicalConforming to moral principles
- trustworthyWorthy of confidence
- authenticVerified as original
sincere · truthful · accountable · responsible · reliable · honorable · principled · conscience · fidelity · steadfast
autonomous
Self-directed and free
- sovereignSupreme in power
- liberatedReleased from confinement
- unfetteredFree from restriction
unconstrained · free-standing · unbeholden · uncompromising · unconditional
amour-propre
One's sense of worth
self-respectingself-loathing
Intense disgust toward oneself
self-hating · servile · groveling · self-abasing · obsequious
self-respectingshameless
Lacking moral embarrassment
self-loathing · unprincipled · undignified · self-hating · debased
respect, self, respectful, disrespect, respecting, disrespectful, respectable, respective, respectfully