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1. : an appropriate respect for oneself : a confidence in one's own worth as a human being and a concern to maintain it
to cause him to lose his self-respect, to make him feel diminished as a person — A.W.Hummel
2. : regard for one's or its own standing or position
national self-respect demands a high level of education