Self-respecting

Definition: Self-respecting

Self-respecting

Adjective

1. Having or showing self-esteem.

Date "self-respecting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references)

Synonyms: Self-respecting

Synonyms: dignified (adj), self-respectful (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Self-respecting

Specialty definitions using "self-respecting": Job Control Language. (references)

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

You lied about your age to make yourself older, but why would any self-respecting woman wanna do that? (Liar Liar; writing credit: Paul Guay; Stephen Mazur)

Neither does any self-respecting consumer. (Mallrats; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
George Bernard Shaw	First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage Of it.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
William H. Taft	1909-1913	I sincerely hope that we may continue to minimize the evils likely to arise from such immigration without unnecessary friction and by mutual concessions between self-respecting governments.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Self-respecting" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 93.02% of the time. "Self-respecting" is used about 43 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
Adjective (general or positive)	93.02%	40	54,274
Noun (singular)	6.98%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	43	N/A

Language		Translations for "self-respecting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		自已尊敬 (Self-reverence). (various references)

German		anständig (above-board, becoming, comely, decent, decently, decorous, decorously, fairly, handsome, handsomely, honest, modest, modestly, perennially, proper, reputable, respectable, sizable, sizeable, sporting, sportingly, square, upright). (various references)

Greek		σεβόμενοσ εαυτόν. (various references)

Hungarian		önmagára valamit adó, önmagára adó, önbecsülő, önérzetes. (various references)

Korean		각자 존중. (various references)

Manx		arrymagh er hene. (various references)

Pig Latin		elf-respectingsay

Portuguese		brioso (courageous, generous, magnanimous, manly, noble, resolute, spunky). (various references)

Russian		обладающий чувством собственного достоинства. (various references)

Spanish		que se precie. (various references)

Swedish		med självaktning. (various references)

Turkish		onurlu (honorable, honored, honourable, honoured, proud), özsaygısı olan. (various references)

Ukranian		наділений почуттям власної гідності (dignified, self-respectful). (various references)

Vietnamese		tự trọng, có thái độ tự trọng. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	Titus Chapter 2, Verse 3
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	PresbutidaV wsautwV en katasthmati ieroprepeiV mh diabolouV mh oinw pollw dedoulwmenaV kalodidaskalouV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Anus similiter in habitu sancto non criminatrices non vino multo servientes bene docentes
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Also olde wymmen in hooli abite, not sclaundereris, not seruynge myche to wyn, wel techynge, that thei teche prudence.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And ye elder weme lykewyse that they be in soche rayment as becommeth holynes not falce accusars not geven to moche drinkynge but teachers of honest thynges
Jacobean English	1611	King James	The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Victorian English	1833	Webster	The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Basic English	1964	Ogden	That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good,
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Titus Chapter 2, Verse 3
Cebuano	Maingon man agdaha ang mga babayeng tigulang sa pagkamatinahuron sa ilang panggawi, dili malibakon ug dili mga ulipon sa bino; nga ipanudlo nila ang butang maayo,
Croatian	starice isto tako - vladanja kakvo dolikuje svetima: ne klevetnice, ne ropkinje mnogog vina, nego uèiteljice dobra
Danish	at gamle Kvinder ligeledes skulle skikke sig, som det sømmer sig hellige, ikke bagtale, ikke være forfaldne til megen Vin, men være Lærere i, hvad godt er,
Dutch	De oude vrouwen insgelijks, dat zij in haar dracht zijn, gelijk den heiligen betaamt, dat zij geen lasteressen zijn, zich niet tot veel wijns begevende, maar leraressen zijn van het goede;
Finnish	niin myös vanhat naiset olkoot käytöksessään niinkuin pyhien sopii, ei panettelijoita, ei paljon viinin orjia, vaan hyvään neuvojia,
French	Dis que les femmes âgées doivent aussi avoir l`extérieur qui convient � la sainteté, n`être ni médisantes, ni adonnées au vin; qu`elles doivent donner de bonnes instructions,
German	den alten Weibern desgleichen, daß sie sich halten wie den Heiligen ziemt, nicht Lästerinnen seien, nicht Weinsäuferinnen, gute Lehrerinnen;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Begitu juga hendaklah engkau menasihati wanita-wanita yang tua supaya kelakuan mereka sesuai dengan apa yang patut bagi orang yang hidup khusus bagi Allah. Mereka tidak boleh memfitnah orang lain, dan tidak boleh ketagihan minuman keras. Mereka harus mengajarkan hal-hal yang baik,
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	demikianlah juga segala perempuan tua wajiblah berkelakuan seperti yang patut bagi orang yang saleh, jangan menfitnahkan orang, jangan menjadi hamba kepada air anggur, melainkan menjadi guru perkara kebajikan,
Italian	Ugualmente le donne anziane si comportino in maniera degna dei credenti; non siano maldicenti né schiave di molto vino; sappiano piuttosto insegnare il bene,
Latvian	Tâpat vecâkâm sievietçm jâizturas, kâ svçtâm pieklâjas, lai nenodotos ïaunâm valodâm, pârmçrîgai vîna dzerðanai un lai mâca labu:
Maori	Me nga wahine taikaumatua hoki, kia rite nga tikanga ki a te hunga e whakaaro ana ki te tapu, kia kaua e ngautuara, kia kaua e riro hei pononga ma te waina, kia whakaako i nga mea pai;
Norwegian	likeså at gamle kvinner i sin ferd skal te sig som det sømmer sig for hellige, ikke fare med baktalelse, ikke være træler av drikk, men veiledere i det gode,
Portuguese	as mulheres idosas, semelhantemente, que sejam reverentes no seu viver, não caluniadoras, não dadas a muito vinho, mestras do bem,
Rumanian	Spune cq femeile kn vkrstq trebuie sq aibq o purtare cuvincioasq, sq nu fie nici clevetitoare, nici dedate la vin; sq knveye pe alyii ce este bine,
Russian	ЮФП�'Щ УФБТЙ�"Щ ФБЛЦЕ П�"ЕЧБМЙУШ � ТЙМЙЮОП УЧСФЩН, ОЕ �'ЩМЙ ЛМЕЧЕФОЙ�"Щ, ОЕ � ПТБ�'ПЭБМЙУШ � ШСОУФЧХ, ХЮЙМЙ �"П�'ТХ;
Shuar	Tura Núnismek nuwa katsunt Yusna ainia nusha ju jintintrata. Niisha Núnisaran Yus-shuarti Túramnia nuna pénker Túrawartí. Tsanumin tura nampen áchartí. Antsu pénker wekasatniun unuinin arti.
Spanish	Asimismo, que las mujeres mayores sean reverentes en conducta, no calumniadoras ni esclavas del mucho vino, maestras de lo bueno,
Swahili	Hali kadhalika waambie wanawake wazee wawe na mwenendo wa uchaji wa Mungu; wasiwe wachongezi, au watumwa wa pombe. Wanapaswa kufundisha mambo mema,
Uma	Wae wo'o totu'a tobine, tudui' -ra bona po'ingku-ra hewa tauna to mengkoru hi Pue' Ala, neo' mpotuntui' doo, neo' tukia' nginu to melanguhi, pai' tida-ra mpotudui' doo bona mpelompehi po'ingku-ra.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-f-g-i-l-n-p-r-s-s-t"
	-2 letters: preselecting.
	-3 letters: fertileness, percentiles, perfectness, persistence, pestilences, preelecting, singletrees.
	-4 letters: centerless, creepiness, energetics, epicenters, fierceness, gentilesse, greenflies, neglecters, percentile, perfecting, pestilence, precessing, prelecting, preselects, princelets, reelecting, reflecting, reinspects, relicenses, respecting, sceptering, singletree, spleeniest, splenetics, stencilers.
	-5 letters: creepiest, crestings, electress, energetic, energises, enlistees, enlisters, epicenter, epistlers, erectness, eternises, fenceless, festering, fleeciest, fleetness, frenetics, gentrices, greeniest.
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