| dignity | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. dignity, self-regard, self-respect, self-worth | the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect.; "it was beneath his dignity to cheat"; "showed his true dignity when under pressure" |
| ~ pride, pridefulness | a feeling of self-respect and personal worth. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. dignity, gravitas, lordliness | formality in bearing and appearance.; "he behaved with great dignity" |
| ~ comportment, mien, bearing, presence | dignified manner or conduct. |
| n. (state) | 3. dignity | high office or rank or station.; "he respected the dignity of the emissaries" |
| ~ status, position | the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society.; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life" |
| fidelity | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. fidelity | accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal. |
| ~ accuracy, truth | the quality of being near to the true value.; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. faithfulness, fidelity | the quality of being faithful. |
| ~ quality | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone.; "the quality of mercy is not strained" |
| ~ constancy | faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity). |
| ~ dedication | complete and wholehearted fidelity. |
| ~ loyalty, trueness | the quality of being loyal. |
| honesty | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. honestness, honesty | the quality of being honest. |
| ~ righteousness | adhering to moral principles. |
| ~ scrupulousness | conformity to high standards of ethics or excellence. |
| ~ integrity | moral soundness.; "he expects to find in us the common honesty and integrity of men of business"; "they admired his scrupulous professional integrity" |
| ~ incorruption, incorruptness | characterized by integrity or probity. |
| ~ incorruptibility | the incapability of being corrupted. |
| ~ candidness, candour, forthrightness, frankness, candor, directness | the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech. |
| ~ good faith, straightness | having honest intentions.; "he acted in good faith"; "doubt was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants" |
| ~ truthfulness | the quality of being truthful. |
| n. (plant) | 2. honesty, lunaria annua, money plant, satin flower, satinpod, silver dollar | southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration. |
| ~ genus lunaria, lunaria | small genus of European herbs: honesty. |
| ~ herb, herbaceous plant | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests. |
| modesty | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. modestness, modesty | freedom from vanity or conceit. |
| ~ decency | the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality. |
| ~ grundyism, primness, prudery, prudishness | excessive or affected modesty. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. modesty, reserve | formality and propriety of manner. |
| ~ correctitude, properness, propriety | correct or appropriate behavior. |
| ~ demureness | the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum. |
| virtue | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. moral excellence, virtue, virtuousness | the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong. |
| ~ good, goodness | moral excellence or admirableness.; "there is much good to be found in people" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. merit, virtue | any admirable quality or attribute.; "work of great merit" |
| ~ worth | the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. chastity, sexual morality, virtue | morality with respect to sexual relations. |
| ~ morality | concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct. |
| ~ pureness, purity, honor, honour | a woman's virtue or chastity. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. virtue | a particular moral excellence. |
| ~ cardinal virtue | one of the seven preeminent virtues. |
| ~ good, goodness | moral excellence or admirableness.; "there is much good to be found in people" |
| gentle | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate | cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of.; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" |
| ~ calm, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm down, quiet, quieten, lull | make calm or still.; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" |
| v. (social) | 2. ennoble, entitle, gentle | give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility. |
| ~ elevate, kick upstairs, promote, upgrade, advance, raise | give a promotion to or assign to a higher position.; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" |
| ~ baronetise, baronetize | confer baronetcy upon.; "He was baronetized for his loyalty to the country" |
| ~ lord | make a lord of someone. |
| ~ knight, dub | raise (someone) to knighthood.; "The Beatles were knighted" |
| v. (contact) | 3. gentle | stroke soothingly. |
| ~ pet | stroke or caress gently.; "pet the lamb" |
| adj. | 4. gentle, soft | soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe.; "a gentle reprimand"; "a vein of gentle irony"; "poked gentle fun at him" |
| ~ mild | moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme.; "a mild winter storm"; "a mild fever"; "fortunately the pain was mild"; "a mild rebuke"; "mild criticism" |
| adj. | 5. gentle | having or showing a kindly or tender nature.; "the gentle touch of her hand"; "her gentle manner was comforting"; "a gentle sensitive nature"; "gentle blue eyes" |
| ~ kind | having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior.; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter" |
| adj. | 6. gentle | quiet and soothing.; "a gentle voice"; "a gentle nocturne" |
| ~ soft | (of sound) relatively low in volume.; "soft voices"; "soft music" |
| adj. | 7. aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician | belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy.; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes" |
| ~ noble | of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times.; "of noble birth" |
| adj. | 8. docile, gentle | easily handled or managed.; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient" |
| ~ tamed, tame | brought from wildness into a domesticated state.; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" |
| adj. | 9. easy, gentle, soft | having little impact.; "an easy pat on the shoulder"; "gentle rain"; "a gentle breeze"; "a soft (or light) tapping at the window" |
| ~ light | of little intensity or power or force.; "the light touch of her fingers"; "a light breeze" |
| adj. | 10. easy, gentle | marked by moderate steepness.; "an easy climb"; "a gentle slope" |
| ~ gradual | (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt.; "a gradual slope" |
| upright | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. upright, vertical | a vertical structural member as a post or stake.; "the ball sailed between the uprights" |
| ~ pillar, column | (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure. |
| ~ goalpost | one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field. |
| ~ jamb | upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame. |
| ~ post | an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position.; "he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them" |
| ~ scantling, stud | an upright in house framing. |
| ~ scape, shaft | (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column. |
| ~ stile | an upright that is a member in a door or window frame. |
| ~ structural member | support that is a constituent part of any structure or building. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. upright, upright piano | a piano with a vertical sounding board. |
| ~ forte-piano, piano, pianoforte | a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds. |
| ~ spinet | a small and compactly built upright piano. |
| adj. | 3. unsloped, upright | in a vertical position; not sloping.; "an upright post" |
| ~ vertical, perpendicular | at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line.; "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height" |
| adj. | 4. good, just, upright | of moral excellence.; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man" |
| ~ righteous | characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice.; "the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much" |
| adj. | 5. erect, upright, vertical | upright in position or posture.; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright" |
| ~ erectile | capable of being raised to an upright position.; "erectile feathers" |
| ~ fastigiate | having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column). |
| ~ orthostatic | pertaining to an upright standing posture.; "orthostatic hypotension" |
| ~ passant | in walking position with right foreleg raised. |
| ~ rearing, rampant | rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile.; "a lion rampant" |
| ~ semi-climbing | of plants that are semi-climbers. |
| ~ semi-erect | of plants that are partly erect. |
| ~ semi-upright | of animals that are partly erect. |
| ~ standing | having a supporting base.; "a standing lamp" |
| ~ stand-up | requiring a standing position.; "a stand-up bar"; "a stand-up comic" |
| ~ statant | standing on four feet. |
| ~ unbowed, unbent, straight | erect in posture.; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back" |
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