/in dig"ni tee/ , n. , pl. indignities .
1. an injury to a person's dignity; slighting or contemptuous treatment; humiliating affront, insult, or injury.
2. Obs. disgrace or disgraceful action.
[ 1575-85; indignitas unworthiness, equiv. to indign ( us ) INDIGN + -itas -ITY ]
Syn. 1. outrage. See insult .