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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Humiliating, degrading, or abusive treatment.
  2. n. A source of offense, as to a person's pride or sense of dignity; an affront.
  3. n. Obsolete Lack of dignity or honor.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Unworthiness; shamefulness; base character or conduct.
  2. n. Contemptuous conduct unjustly directed toward another; any action designed to lower the dignity of another; injury accompanied with insult.
  3. n. Synonyms Insult, Indignity, etc. (see affront); contumely, slight, disrespect, dishonor.

Wiktionary

  1. n. degradation, debasement or humiliation
  2. n. an affront to one's dignity or pride

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem

Etymologies

  1. French indignité, from Old French, from Latin indignitās, from indignus, unworthy; see indign. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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