English-French translations for self-worth

• amour-propre
  C'est bon pour leur amour-propre ainsi que pour leur autonomie, et cela leur donne aussi un emploi du temps qui fait sens. This enhances their own sense of self-worth and independence and provides them with a useful way of spending their days.
• estime de soi
  Il est particulièrement important de permettre aux gens de retrouver une estime de soi et une confiance dans leurs propres capacités. It is particularly important to give the people a new feeling of self-worth and of confidence in their own capabilities.

Definition of self-worth

• The value one assigns to oneself or one's abilities in self assessment

Examples

• Recognizing ones self-worth is a necessary step to respecting the worth of others.

Related words

• self-willed
• self-willedly
• self-winding watch