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Definition: Dignity |
DignityNoun1. The quality of being worthy of esteem or respect: "it was beneath his dignity to cheat"; "showed his true dignity when under pressure". 2. Formality in bearing and appearance: "he behaved with great dignity". 3. High office or rank or station: "he respected the dignity of the emissaries". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dignity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Etymology: Dignity \Dig"ni*ty\, noun; plural Dignities. [Old English dignete, dignite, Old French dignet['e], dignit['e], French dignit['e], from Latin dignitas, from dignus worthy. See Dainty, Deign.]. (references) |
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19th Century Satire | A narrow, unstable bearing which mental spindle-shanks try to stand upon when they have no other support. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Dignity is a human condition of being worthy of respect or esteem.To esteem a person or a thing is to assign to it or him or her a high value. Esteem for a person or a thing is an assessment of its or his or her high value.
Respect is the objective, unbiased consideration and regard for the rights, values, beliefs and property of all people. Kant's categorical imperative as well as what is commonly understood of being a gentleman incorporate the concept of respect.
Intercultural differences as well as the difference in self perception and outward appearance often result in being unintentionally disrespectful.
Respect is a central value in the raver culture, which believes in never doing anything to hurt or insult anyone. It is combined with peace, love and unity in the raver acronym PLUR.
See also self-esteem, human rights
Related usages
- "Respect" was also the title of a 1967 song by Aretha Franklin, who spelled the word out in the lyrics.
- DignityUSA [1] is an organization of Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Catholics.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dignity."
Synonyms: DignitySynonyms: gravitas (n), lordliness (n), self-esteem (n), self-regard (n), self-respect (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pride | On one's dignity, on one's high horses,on one's tight ropes, on one's high ropes; on stilts; en grand seigneur. |
Noun: dignity, self-respect, mens sibi conscia recti. | |
Probity | Dignity; (repute); respectability, respectableness; adj; gentilhomme, gentleman; man of honor, man of his word; fidus Achates, preux chevalier, galantuomo; truepenny, trump, brick; true Briton; white man. |
Repute | Dignity; stateliness; Adjective: solemnity, grandeur, splendor, nobility, majesty, sublimity. |
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Crosswords: Dignity |
| English words defined with "dignity": To stand upon one's dignity. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "dignity": Accuse, asbestos cork award ♦ BANK-NOTE DESIGNER, Bumbledom ♦ Champion, Clarionet, Clio ♦ Elephant ♦ Gentleman of Paper and Wax ♦ Halo, HANGMAN ♦ INCOME ♦ JESTER ♦ Lord Mayor's Day ♦ Michal, misdemeanor, Mouse ♦ Nose Literature ♦ Palace, Pantables, Philemon, Epistle to ♦ ridicule ♦ Standards, story ♦ Vashti. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "dignity": Kingdomed. (references) |
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Screenplays | Dignity. Always, dignity (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green) I am your employee and as such I expect to be treated with a little dignity and a little respect (Nine to Five; writing credit: Colin Higgins) Two households, both alike in dignity. In Fair Verona where we lay our scene (Romeo + Juliet; writing credit: Craig Pearce) You know, violence has a kind of dignity in a loving man. And I'm full of love (Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment; writing credit: David Mercer) I like the maroon, has more dignity. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Lyrics | They can't take away my dignity (Greatest Love Of All; performing artist: Whitney Houston) Dignity, integrity, honour and (Just the Two of Us; performing artist: Will Smith) | |
Clever | Alcohol preserves everything except dignity. (references; author: unknown) | |
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 | I'm sorry a son of mine, she said with dignity, had to be told how to act with his mother. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A coat he can wear with dignity. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Confederate soldier" by raznov Commentary: "Dignity and honor." |
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Anne Sophie Swetchine | Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity. |
Ben Jonson | The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting. |
Elbert Hubbard | Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance. |
Grover Cleveland | A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor. |
Herman Melville | They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure. |
Immanuel Kant | By a lie, a man...annihilates his dignity as a man. |
Marcus Tullius Cicero | Where is there dignity unless there is honesty? |
Napoleon Bonaparte | A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view. |
Young | Where boasting ends, there dignity begins. |
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John Locke | 1690 | Honour the king, and he that resists the power, resists the ordinance of God; are divine oracles that will never permit it, The people therefore can never come by a power over him, unless he does something that makes him cease to be a king: for then he divests himself of his crown and dignity, and returns to the state of a private man, and the people become free and superior, the power which they had in the interregnum, before they crowned him king, devolving to them again. (Second Treatise of Government) |
United Nations | 1948 | All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. (reference) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1955) |
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Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | The Theory hardly rose to the dignity of a Working Hypothesis |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Nothing is too small or too trifling to undergo this change, and acquire dignity thereby |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Mingle dignity with festivity, eat with deliberation, feast slowly |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The pride of that dim image brought back to his mind the dignity of the office he had refused |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Sairy took Granma by the arm and led her outside, and Granma moved with dignity and held her head high |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | On the whole, I think that it cannot be maintained that dressing has in this or any country risen to the dignity of an art. |
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Health | You have the right to refuse or withdraw from dialysis if you feel you have no hope of leading a life with dignity and meaning. (references) | |
Children | Mexico | In January 2000, the Congress passed a constitutional amendment to protect the rights of children and teenagers and ensure respect for their dignity. (references) |
Colombia | In August 2000, the Prosecutor General's Specialized Sex Crimes and Human Dignity Unit reported that from August 1999 to August 2000 it opened 41 cases in which a child under 14 was induced or lured into prostitution. (references) | |
Peru | Persons with Disabilities The Constitution provides that persons with severe disabilities have "the right to have their dignity respected and to be provided by law with protection, care, rehabilitation, and security." Legislation that established the National Council for the Integration of People with Disabilities specifies rights, allowances, programs, and services. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Lebanon | The law prohibits attacks on the dignity of the Head of State or foreign leaders. (references) |
Kyrgyz Republic | In 2000 parliamentary deputy Turdakun Usubaliev lodged two honor and dignity suits against the opposition Kyrgyz-language newspaper Asaba. (references) | |
Georgia | The Civil Code and other legislation make it a crime to insult the honor and dignity of an individual and place the burden of proof on the accused. (references) | |
Discrimination | Mexico | The Constitution provides that men and women are equal before the law, and that education should avoid "privileges of race, religion, groups, sexes, or individual;" however, these provisions are not enforced effectively, although the Government continues to make progress in efforts to do so. On August 14, a third paragraph was added to Article 1 of the Constitution, which establishes for the first time the constitutional prohibition against any form of discrimination, including discrimination against persons on the basis of: ethnic or national origin, gender, age, different abilities, social condition, health conditions, religion, opinions, preferences, civil status, or any other basis that goes against human dignity and attempts to annul the rights and liberties of persons. (references) |
Economic History | China | For example, one of the requirements is that advertising should "safeguard the dignity and interests of the State." Comparison advertising is not allowed, nor is the use of superlatives. (references) |
Romania | Romania's 1991 constitution proclaims Romania a democracy and market economy, in which human dignity, civic rights and freedoms, the unhindered development of human personality, justice, and political pluralism are supreme and guaranteed values. (references) | |
Human Rights | Portugal | All trials are public except those that may offend the dignity of the victim, such as in cases of sexual abuse of children. (references) |
China | The Prison Law prohibits prison guards extorting confessions by torture, insulting prisoners' dignity, and beating or encouraging others to beat prisoners. (references) | |
Latvia | These strikes ended peacefully on May 31. The NHRO records and investigates complaints of violations of the right to humane treatment and respect of dignity. (references) | |
Political Economy | Sri Lanka | The U.S. Government supports the territorial integrity of Sri Lanka and has called for a peaceful resolution that protects the interests and dignity of all communities. (references) |
PERU | Workers are promised a "just and sufficient wage" (to be determined by the government in consultation with labor and business representatives) and "adequate protection against arbitrary dismissal." No labor agreement may violate or adversely affect the dignity of the worker. (references) | |
Women | Colombia | A 1997 law also made additional, substantial modifications to the Penal Code and introduced sentences of between 4 and 40 years for crimes against sexual freedom or human dignity, including rape, sex with a minor, sexual abuse, induction into prostitution, and child pornography. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
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Chuck Hagel | Well, that objective is noble and right, and we should always as this country has always stood for human dignity and human rights. And that is the foundation of who we are as a people and is the foundation of our foreign policy. |
Dennis Miller | If Arthur Anderson has any dignity left, it was shredded along with everything else. |
Rush Limbaugh | But as President Bush himself has proven, you need dignity, honesty, and character in office, and you will not have corruption regardless of the system. |
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John Adams | 1797-1801 | All sober inquirers after truth, ancient and modern, pagan and Christian, have declared that the happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | The compositions published under her name are below the dignity of criticism. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Having in this manner vindicated the dignity of France, they next proceeded to illustrate her justice. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | People everywhere are coming to realize that what is involved is material well-being, human dignity, and the right to believe in and worship God. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | For in that body rests the best hope of our age for the assertion of that law by which all nations may live in dignity. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | I look forward to a hemisphere that at the end of this decade has proven itself anew as a leader in the promotion of both national and human dignity. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | There are those in the world who scorn our vision of human dignity and freedom. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Where everyone has a roof over his head, and where the homeless get the help they need to live in dignity. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | We choose freedom and the dignity of every life. |
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| "Dignity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.77% of the time. "Dignity" is used about 1,284 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.77% | 1,281 | 6,160 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.23% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,284 | N/A |
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Expressions using "dignity": beneath his dignity ♦ beneath one's dignity ♦ beneath smb.'s dignity ♦ Curule dignity ♦ it would be below my dignity to speak to him ♦ royal dignity ♦ stand on one's dignity ♦ To stand upon one's dignity ♦ with dignity. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "dignity": self-dignity. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "dignity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | dinjitet (face, grandeur, merits), denjësi, titull (appellation, caption, degree, designation, handle, heading, name, rubric, title). (various references) | |
Arabic | كرامة (respect), مهابة (portliness, reverence, sublimity, veneration), منزلة (class, degree, grade, order, rank, standing, stature, status), ماء الوجه (honor, honour), لقب رفيع, وقار (deportment, gravity, lordliness, poise, solemnity, veneration), صاحب لقب, جلال (lordliness, portliness), شرف (credit, dominate, ennoble, follow up, grace, honour, laurels, nobleness, preside, privilege, sublime, superintend). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сан, титла (degree, designation, title), възвишеност (elevation, eminence, grandeur, loftiness), висок пост, почетно звание, достойнство (excellence, grandeur, importance, merit, worth). (various references) | |
Chinese | 達 (achieve, attain, clear, inform, notify, pass through, reach, realize), 人格 (personality; integrity), 尊嚴 (honor, sanctity), 尊严. (various references) | |
Czech | dùstojnost (worthiness), hodnost (degree, estate, grade, position, rank, sort, standing, title). (various references) | |
Danish | værdighed på arbejdspladsen (dignity at work), handling som krænker menneskeværdigheden (act which offends human dignity), Grønbog om beskyttelse af mindreårige og af menneskelig værdighed i forbindelse med de nye elektroniske tjenester (Green Paper on the protection of minors and human dignity in the audiovisual and information services), fremme og opmuntre den effektive udoevelse af rettigheder,borgerlige,politiske,oekonomiske,sociale,kulturelle og andre rettigheder og friheder,som alle har deres oprindelse i menneskets iboende vaerdighed og er vaesentlige for dets frie og fulde udvikling (cultural and other rights and freedoms all of which derive from the inherent dignity of the human person and are essential for his free and full development, economic, political, social, to promote and encourage the effective exercise of civil), Europa-Rådets konvention om beskyttelse af menneskerettighederne og menneskets værdighed (Council of Europe Convention on the protection of human rights and dignity of the human being), Europarådets konvention om beskyttelse af menneskerettigheder og menneskelig værdighed i forbindelse med anvendelse af biologi og lægevidenskab (Convention of the Council of Europe for the protection of human rights and dignity of the human being with regard to the application of biology and medecine). (various references) | |
Dutch | zelfrespect, zelfgevoel, waardigheid (value, worth). (various references) | |
Esperanto | digno. (various references) | |
Farsi | مقام (Capacity, Eminence, Function, Office, Order, Pew, Portfolio, Post, Rank, Station, Stature, Status, Title), وقار (Elegance, Gravity, Poise, Serenity, Solemnity), جاه (Eminence, Pomp), رتبه (Degree, Grade, Rank, Station, Step, Stratum), شان (Grandeur, Importance, Rank, Status, Their), بزرگی (Amplitude, Eminence, Grandeur, Magneficence, Magnitude). (various references) | |
Finnish | arvokkuus (valuableness, value, worth), arvo (consequence, degree, esteem, importance, prestige, rank, regard, title, value, worth). (various references) | |
French | dignité. (various references) | |
German | Würde (grade, grandeur, honor, honour, laureateship, majesty, portliness, rank, rate, stateliness, title, would). (various references) | |
Greek | αξιοπρέπεια (meritoriousness, poise). (various references) | |
Hebrew | כבוד (credit, glory, homage, honor, honour, honourable, kudos, laurel, respect), גדלות (arrogance, greatness, haughtiness), רוממות (elevation, grandeur, grandiosity, highness, majesty, serenity, superiority). (various references) | |
Hungarian | méltóság (dignitary, episcopate, honor, honour, lieutenancy, majesty, peerage, state, worship), magasztosság (elevation, grandeur, majesty, sublimeness). (various references) | |
Indonesian | martabat (grade, prestige, rank, status, value), kemuliaan (eclat, glory, grandeur, magnificence), jaya. (various references) | |
Italian | decoro (décor, decency, decorum, honor, honour, propriety, would). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 厳粛 (gravity, seriousness, severity, solemnity), 品 (article, article goods, goods, thing). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひんい (grace, grade, nobility, quality), めんもく (credit, face, honour, prestige, reputation), めんぼく (credit, face, honour, prestige, reputation), こうい (act, celestial latitude, change of dress, conduct, courtesy, deed, ecliptic latitude, eminent, favor, good will, high ranking, imperial throne, kindness, lady court attendant, school doctor, seasonal changing of clothes, second accession of the same emperor, second lunar month, siege), いげん, いよう (bizarre, eccentric, majestic appearance, medical use, odd, queer, strange), いふう (hereditary custom, majesty, tradition, unusual customs), いしん (intrigue, restoration, surviving retainer, treacherous designs, treachery), いぎ (different meaning, dignified manner, dissent, majesty, meaning, objection, protest, significance), げんしゅく (austerity, gravity, rigor, seriousness, severity, solemnity), ひん (article, becoming poor, counter for meal courses, goods, living in poverty, poverty, thing), たいめん (appearances, honour, interview, meeting, prestige, reputation), ひんかく (guest of honour, objective case, privileged guest, visitor), そんげん (majesty, sanctity), しんせい (a new government or administration, application, authentic, direct Imperial rule, disposition, divinity, genuine, holiness, inborn nature, mind, nascent, nature, new birth, new face, new system, nova, petition, pure, rebirth, request, sacredness, theocracy, true), きょうじ (calamity, instruction, misfortune, picture framer, pride, scroll mounter, securing rights and profits, spoiled child, teaching), くらい (about, almost, as, at least, court order, crown, dark, enough to, gloomy, grade, nobility, occupying a position, rank, rather, situation, throne), きいん (cause, origin, refinement, shogihall), ねうち (price, value, worth), しな (article, China, coquetry, counter for meal courses, goods, thing), おもみ (emphasis, importance, weight), かんろく (presence). (various references) | |
Korean | 존엄. (various references) | |
Manx | mooaralys (ambition, arrogance, boastfulness, haughtiness, ostentation, pomp, vanity), ard-cheim (elevation, eminence, high intelligence). (various references) | |
Norwegian | verdighet. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ignityday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | dignidade (elevation, honor, honour, khanate, lordliness, manliness, nobleness, pride, queenhood, self-regard, self-respect). (various references) | |
Romanian | demnitate (honor, honour, loftiness, respectability, state, stateliness, title), titlu (caption, deed, degree, distinction, head, head line, name, prefix, purity, share, style, title, titre), rang (class, degree, eminence, order, rank, standing, state, station, status), onoare (credit, distinction, esteem, Favor, favour, glory, honor, honour, reputation, repute, reverence), grad (degree, extent, pitch, point, rank, remove, standard, step, title). (various references) | |
Russian | достоинство (denomination, merit, merit 2, virtue, worthiness). (various references) | |
Scottish | onoir (honour, respect), mórachd (majesty), inbhe (position, quality, rank, station). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | dostojanstvo. (various references) | |
Spanish | dignidad (fellowship, pride, rank, self respect, self-regard, tone, would). (various references) | |
Swedish | värdighet (respectability, worthiness). (various references) | |
Thai | ความมีเกียรติ. (various references) | |
Turkish | yüksek makam, yücelik (highness, largeness, loftiness, magnanimity, nobility, sovereignty, sublimity, supremacy, the sublime), temkin (equanimity, poise, self possession), itibar (altitude, ascendancy, ascendency, authority, consideration, credit, effectiveness, eminence, eminency, esteem, estimation, face, importance, odor, odour, prestige, regard, reputation, respectability, standing, weight), haysiyet (honor, honour, pride), şeref (flower, glory, honor, honour, kudos, laurels, pride, reputation, repute), asalet (blue blood, nobleness, peerage, quality), ağırbaşlılık (equanimity, gravity, imperturbability, knighthood, sedateness, seriousness, solemnity, staidness). (various references) | |
Turkmen | namysjaс, mertebe (merit, virtue). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гідність (meritoriousness, worth), велич (elevation, grandeur, greatness, magnitude, mightiness, nobility, splendor, splendour), високе становище (eminence), почуття власної гідності (self respect, self-regard), поважність (gravity, respectability, venerability). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vẻ nghiêm trang (demureness), thái độ đường hoàng, phẩm cách, lòng tự trọng chức tước cao, chân giá trị phẩm giá, chức vị cao thái độ chững chạc. (various references) | |
Welsh | urddas, balchder (arrogance, glory, pride, vanity). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | amplitudo, decus, dignitas, dignitate, dignitatem, dignitates, dignitatis, gravitas, honor, honorabilem, honorabiles, honore, honorem, honores, honoribus, honoris, honorum, maiestas, maiestate, maiestatem, maiestates, maiestatis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 49, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Roubhn prwtotokoV mou su iscuV mou kai arch teknwn mou sklhroV feresqai kai sklhroV auqadhV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ruben primogenitus meus tu fortitudo mea et principium doloris mei prior in donis maior imperio |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Ruben, my first getun, thow my strengthe, and the bigyning of my sorwe; first in yiftis, and more in comaundyng; thow art held out as water; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Ruben thou art myne eldest sonne my myghte and the begynnynge of my strength chefe in receauynge and chefe in power. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellence of dignity, and the excellence of power: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Reuben, you are my oldest son, the first-fruit of my strength, first in pride and first in power: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 49, Verse 3 |
| Cebuano | Ruben, ikaw mao ang akong panganay, ang akong kalig-on, ug ang sinugdan sa akong kusog; Pangulo sa pagkatakus, pangulo sa gahum. |
| Chinese | 流 便 哪 、 你 是 我 的 長 子 、 是 我 力 量 強 壯 的 時 候 生 的 、 本 當 大 有 尊 榮 、 權 力 超 眾 ． |
| Croatian | Ti Rubene, moj prvoroðenèe, snaga ti si moja, prvenac moje muškosti. Istièeš, se ponosom, snagom se istièeš, |
| Danish | Ruben, du er min førstefødte, min Styrke og min Mandskrafts første, ypperst i Højhed, ypperst i Kraft! |
| Dutch | Ruben! gij zijt mijn eerstgeborene, mijn kracht, en het begin mijner macht; de voortreffelijkste in hoogheid, en de voortreffelijkste in sterkte! |
| Finnish | Ruuben, sinä olet minun esikoiseni, minun voimani ja minun miehuuteni ensimmäinen, ensi sijalla arvossa, ensi sijalla vallassa. |
| French | Ruben, toi, mon premier-né, Ma force et les prémices de ma vigueur, Supérieur en dignité et supérieur en puissance, |
| German | Ruben, mein erster Sohn bist du, meine Kraft, und der Erstling meiner Stärke, der Oberste in der Würde und der Oberste in der Macht. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ruben, anakku yang sulung, engkaulah kekuatanku, buah pertama keperkasaanku. Engkau tergagah dan terkuat di antara semua anakku. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Hai Rubin, engkaulah anak sulungku dan kuatku dan permulaan kuasaku, yang terindah kemuliaannya dan terindah kuasanya; |
| Italian | Ruben, tu sei il mio primogenito, il mio vigore e la primizia della mia virilità, esuberante in fierezza ed esuberante in forza! |
| Maori | E Reupena, ko koe taku matamua, toku pakaritanga, me te timatanga o toku kaha; te hiranga ake o te kororia, te hiranga ake hoki o te kaha: |
| Norwegian | Ruben, min førstefødte er du, min kraft og min styrkes første frukt, høiest i ære og størst i makt. |
| Portuguese | Rúben, tu és meu primogênito, minha força e as primícias do meu vigor, preeminente em dignidade e preeminente em poder. |
| Rumanian | Ruben, tu, kntkiul meu nqscut, Puterea mea wi pkrga tqriei mele, Kntkiul kn vrednicie, wi kntkiul kn putere, |
| Russian | тХЧЙН, РЕТЧЕОЕГ НПК! ФЩ--ЛТЕРПУФШ НПС Й ОБЮБФПЛ УЙМЩ НПЕК, ЧЕТИ ДПУФПЙОУФЧБ Й ЧЕТИ НПЗХЭЕУФЧБ; |
| Spanish | "Rubén, mi primogénito: Tú eres mi fortaleza y el principio de mi vigor; principal en dignidad y principal en poder. |
| Swedish | Ruben, min förstfödde är du, min kraft och min styrkas förstling, främst i myndighet och främst i makt. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "dignity": indignity. (additional references) | |
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"Dignity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dagnasty, diggity, diginity, Digiti, digity, dignit, dignite, dignitie, dignitiy, dignityu, dignty, Dimnati, Dingxi, Dinitz, Ignaty. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dignity" (pronounced di"gnutē) |
| 7 | d i" g n u t ē | indignity. |
| 4 | -n u t ē | affinity, alkalinity, amenity, community, disunity, divinity, eternity, femininity, fraternity, humanity, immunity, impunity, indemnity, infinity, inhumanity, insanity, masculinity, maternity, modernity, obscenity, opportunity, paternity, profanity, salinity, sanity, serenity, solemnity, Trinity, unity, vanity, vicinity, virginity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, ability, abnormality, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, ambiguity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, disparity, dissimilarity, diversity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indestructibility, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, materiality, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, sanctity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tidying. | |
| Words within the letters "d-g-i-i-n-t-y" | |
-1 letter: tiding. | |
-2 letters: digit, dingy, dying, nitid, tying. | |
-3 letters: ding, dint, inti, nidi, tidy, ting, tiny, tyin. | |
-4 letters: dig, din, dit, gid, gin, git, nit, tin, yid, yin. | |
-5 letters: id, in, it, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-g-i-i-n-t-y" | |
+1 letter: dirtying. | |
+2 letters: dignitary, indignity, untidying. | |
+3 letters: bedirtying, diligently, driftingly, dynamiting, midnightly. | |
+4 letters: copyediting, daylighting, detoxifying, grandiosity, identifying, indignantly, outyielding, syndicating. | |
+5 letters: daylightings, decertifying, demystifying, denitrifying, devitrifying, disgustingly, disturbingly, laryngitides. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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