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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Indignity \In*dig"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Indignities}. [L. indignitas: cf. F. indignit[82]. See {Indign}.] Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult. How might a prince of my great hopes forget So great indignities you laid upon me? --Shak. A person of so great place and worth constrained to endure so foul indignities. --Hooker. | |
