[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dignity \dig"nity\, n.; pl. dignities. oe. dignete, dignite,
   of. dignet'e, dignit'e, f. dignit'e, fr. l. dignitas,
   from dignus worthy. see dainty, deign.
   1. the state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind
      or character; true worth; excellence.
      1913 webster

   2. elevation; grandeur.
      1913 webster

            the dignity of this act was worth the audience of
            kings.                                --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. elevated rank; honorable station; high office, political
      or ecclesiastical; degree of excellence; preferment;
      exaltation. --macaulay.
      1913 webster

            and the king said, what honor and dignity hath been
            done to mordecai for this?            --esth. vi. 3.
      1913 webster

            reuben, thou art my firstborn, . . . the excellency
            of dignity, and the excellency of power. --gen.
                                                  xlix. 3.
      1913 webster

   4. quality suited to inspire respect or reverence; loftiness
      and grace; impressiveness; stateliness; -- said of mien,
      manner, style, etc.
      1913 webster

            a letter written with singular energy and dignity of
            thought and language.                 --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   5. one holding high rank; a dignitary.
      1913 webster

            these filthy dreamers . . . speak evil of dignities.
                                                  --jude. 8.
      1913 webster

   6. fundamental principle; axiom; maxim. obs.
      1913 webster

            sciences concluding from dignities, and principles
            known by themselves.                  --sir t.
                                                  browne.

   syn: see decorum.
        1913 webster

   to stand upon one's dignity, to have or to affect a high
      notion of one's own rank, privilege, or character.
      1913 webster

            they did not stand upon their dignity, nor give
            their minds to being or to seeming as elegant and as
            fine as anybody else.                 --r. g. white.
      1913 webster
see also:
dignities dainty deign decorum to stand upon one's dignity 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dignity
     n 1: the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; "it was
          beneath his dignity to cheat"; "showed his true dignity
          when under pressure" syn: self-respect, self-esteem,
           self-regard
     2: formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great
        dignity" syn: lordliness, gravitas
     3: high office or rank or station; "he respected the dignity of
        the emissaries"
see also:
self-respect self-esteem self-regard lordliness gravitas 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

187 moby thesaurus words for "dignity":
   atticism, establishment, vip, address, appropriateness, augustness,
   baron, big gun, big man, big name, bigwig, brass, brass hat,
   buckram, cachet, celebrity, ceremonial, ceremoniousness, ceremony,
   chasteness, chastity, clarity, classicalism, classicism, clearness,
   comeliness, consequence, correctness, courtliness, decency,
   dignifiedness, dignitary, directness, discrimination, distinction,
   ease, elder, elegance, elegancy, elevation, eminence, esteem,
   ethicalness, ethics, etiquette, excellence, extrinsicality, face,
   fame, father, felicitousness, felicity, figure, finish,
   fittingness, flow, flowing periods, fluency, form, formality,
   formalization, glory, good taste, grace, gracefulness, gracility,
   grandeur, grandness, gravity, great man, greatness, hauteur,
   high place, honor, honorableness, impersonality, importance,
   important person, interests, kingliness, kudos, level, limpidity,
   lion, loftiness, lordliness, lords of creation, lucidity, magnate,
   magnificence, majesty, man of mark, memorability, merit, mogul,
   morality, nabob, name, naturalness, neatness, nobility, nobleness,
   notability, notable, noteworthiness, panjandrum, pellucidity,
   perfection, person of renown, personage, personality, perspicuity,
   pillar of society, plainness, poise, polish, pomp, pomposity,
   position, power, power elite, prestige, pride, pride of bearing,
   pride of place, primness, princeliness, prominence, propriety,
   proud bearing, purity, rank, refinement, regality, remarkableness,
   renown, reputation, repute, respectability, restraint, rigidness,
   ritual, rituality, ruling circle, sachem, salience, sedateness,
   seemliness, self-confidence, self-esteem, self-importance,
   self-regard, self-respect, simplicity, smoothness, sobriety,
   solemnity, somebody, something, standing, starchiness, state,
   stateliness, station, stature, status, stiffness, stiltedness,
   straightforwardness, stylization, sublimity, taste, tastefulness,
   terseness, the great, the top, top brass, top people, tycoon,
   unaffectedness, venerability, very important person, virtue,
   weight, worth, worthiness, worthy

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