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American Heritage Dictionary (3 definitions)
- Humiliating, degrading, or abusive treatment.
- A source of offense, as to a person's pride or sense of dignity; an affront.
- Obsolete Lack of dignity or honor.
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This indignity is then compounded by the accusation that they are clinging to refugee status in order to leech off of whatever meager public support they receive while awaiting final disposition of their cases.
For three days the rev. missionary was subjected to every kind of indignity from the Indian children and every one else.
The primary source of man-made indignity is rankism.
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French indignité, from Old French, from Latin indignitās, from indignus, unworthy; see indign.
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