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a reasonable or justifiable sense of one's worth or importance
- getting a job and moving out of his parents' house did a lot to increase his self-respect
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“Self-respect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-respect. Accessed 15 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of self-respect was in 1765
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