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the one thing nobody can take, only surrender — and the bill comes for both.
means The quality of being worthy of respect — both the inherent worth a person carries and the calm, self-possessed bearing that shows it.
from From Latin dignitas, "worthiness, merit, rank," built on dignus, "worthy" — itself possibly tied to a root meaning "to accept" or "to take fittingly," the sense of something measuring up to what it deserves. It reached English through Old French dignete around the 13th century, carrying both the lofty meaning (high office, rank — hence a "dignitary") and the quieter one of personal worth. The same dignus seeds deign and indignant: to deign is to judge someone worthy of your trouble, to be indignant is to feel your worth has been slighted.
- latin root
- From dignitas, meaning worthiness and rank.
- human rights
- Opens the UN Declaration's very first line.
- physics quirk
- Costs nothing yet weighs more than gold.
- medical term
- Death with dignity laws exist in several states.
- hardest moment
- Most visible exactly when everything else is lost.
nelson mandela's release — walked free from robben island after 27 years of imprisonment in 1990, embodying dignity through suffering
march on washington 1963 — 250,000 people gathered to assert civil rights and human dignity, culminating in mlk's 'i have a dream' speech