unhumiliated

While I earnestly thank you, therefore, for your generous consideration, gentlemen, I trust you will appreciate my desire to live unhumiliated by a sense of dependence, and believe me, sincerely yours,

Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum 1891

Let them begin to stimulate public opinion in favor of a rational adjustment of the points at issue -- such an adjustment as will leave each contestant unhumiliated and intact, such an adjustment as will avoid, as far as may be possible, the complete defeat of any one, such an adjustment as will do what can be done toward righting wrongs already wrought, and such an adjustment as will let the world return as soon as may be to the paths of peace, productiveness, prosperity, and happiness.

The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe Various