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Collocations for dignity - noun

ADJECTIVE

enormous, great
calm, quiet
She spoke to him with quiet dignity.
human, personal
the importance of human dignity

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VERB + dignity

have, possess
These people have enormous dignity.
keep, maintain, preserve, protect, retain
We all want to maintain our dignity in old age.
give sb
Being treated in the privacy of your own room gives you more dignity.
bring
He brings a quiet dignity to the role.
regain, restore
respect
lose
The awful thing about old age is losing your dignity.
destroy, rob sb of, strip sb of
Slavery destroys human dignity.
Keeping prisoners in such dreadful conditions strips them of all dignity.
muster
With as much dignity as he could muster, he left the room.

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PREPOSITION

below sb's dignity (esp. AmE), beneath sb's dignity
He clearly regarded manual work as beneath his dignity.
with dignity
the right to die with dignity

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PHRASES

an air of dignity
His aristocratic voice gives him an air of dignity and power.
a lack of dignity
a loss of dignity
He hoped that he could change his mind without loss of dignity.
a sense of dignity
She had a strong sense of dignity.
with your dignity intact
He needed a way to retreat with his dignity intact.

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