being worthy, honoured, or esteemed
No race can prosper till it learns there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem — Booker T Washington
high rank, office, or position
a high opinion of oneself; self-esteem
stillness of manner; gravity
beneath one's dignity
not worthy of being done by somebody as important as one considers oneself to be
stand on one's dignity
to demand to be treated with respect
[Middle English dignete via French from Latin dignitat-, dignitas, from dignus worthy]