Usage Note
Dignité is central to French civic and legal discourse — la dignité humaine (human dignity) is explicitly protected in the French constitution's preamble. The related adjective is digne (worthy, dignified). The phrase vivre dans la dignité means 'to live with dignity'.
Examples
"Il faut respecter la dignité de chacun."
Natural Translation
We must respect everyone's dignity.
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