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pride

 
/prɑɪd/ n [U] (FEELING OF SATISFACTION)

Definition

a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction that you get because you or people connected with you have done something good: Their son’s outstanding academic record was a source of great pride to them. We take pride in the high quality of our food.
(Definition of pride n (FEELING OF SATISFACTION) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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