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Noun: self-respect  self ri'spekt
  1. The quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
    "it was beneath his self-respect to cheat"
    - dignity, self-regard, self-worth

Derived forms: self-respects

Type of: pride, pridefulness

Encyclopedia: Self-respect

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self-regulatory
self-reliance
self-reliant
self-renewal
self-renewing
self-renunciation
self-report inventory
self-report personality inventory
self-reproach
self-reproof
self-respect
self-respectful
self-respecting
self-restraining
self-restraint
self-righteous
self-righteously
self-righteousness
self-rising flour
self-rule
self-sacrifice