## Meanings
1. The quality of being worthy of respect, and of respecting yourself.
2. Calm, serious, and controlled behavior that earns respect.
3. A high rank, position, or title.

## Examples
- She faced her illness with great courage and dignity.
- The judge conducted the trial with quiet dignity.
- He was raised to the dignity of cardinal.

## Synonyms
- worth
- worthiness

## Derived Forms
- dignitude
- undignity

## Related Forms
- affirmation
- deign
- dignified
- dignify
- integrity
- self-esteem
- self-respect
- self-worth

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *deḱ-
- Root: dignyte
- Root: dignité
- Root: dignitās
- Root: *degnos
- Root: *dḱ-nos

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dignyte, from Old French dignité, from Latin dignitās (“worthiness, merit, dignity, grandeur, authority, rank, office”), from dignus (“worthy, appropriate”), from Proto-Italic *degnos, from Proto-Indo-European *dḱ-nos, from *deḱ- (“to take”). See also decus (“honor, esteem”) and decet (“it is fitting”). Cognate to deign. Doublet of dainty. In this sense, displaced native Old English weorþsċipe, which became Modern English worship.

## AI Etymology
dignity is inherited from Middle English dignyte, from Old French dignité, from Latin dignitās (“worthiness, merit, dignity, grandeur, authority, rank, office”), from dignus (“worthy, appropriate”), from Proto-Italic *degnos, from Proto-Indo-European *dḱ-nos, from *deḱ- (“to take”). See also decus (“honor, esteem”) and decet (“it is fitting”). Cognate to deign. Doublet of dainty. In this sense, displaced native Old English weorþsċipe, which became Modern English worship. Current senses include The quality of being worthy of respect, and of respecting yourself and Calm, serious, and controlled behavior that earns respect. English relatives and later formations include dignitude, undignity, affirmation, deign.

## Topics
- Ethics & Social Judgment

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