From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishself-worthˌself-ˈworth noun [uncountable] the feeling that you deserve to be liked and respected → self-esteem Work gave me a sense of dignity and self-worth.
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self-worth• Threats to our sense of dignity and self-worth, and to our authority or control over a situation.• How can we increase the awareness of self-worth of our black children.• Basic trust is necessary to develop inner security and a feeling of self-worth.• Second, it can enhance their feelings of self-worth and esteem.• Their feelings of self-worth were higher than they had been during the child-rearing period.• Nevertheless, the Guild succeeded in imbuing its members with a firm sense of self-worth and purpose.• Without work, meaningful or not, a man or a woman can lose the precious sense of self-worth.• When self-worth is gone, so goes the power to face problems and to solve them. 