Pride and Prejudice

What definitions of pride could be applied to Elizabeth and Darcy based on their actions in this section of the novel?

Chapters 39-50

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Throughout these chapters in the book, both characters gather information about the other. Darcy is humbled by Elizabeth's refusal to marry him; he begins to share information with her that makes her see that he is not so awful. Thus her "pride" has to change as she gathers information. Darcy becomes more attractive to her as he begins to open up about different subjects; he also is described more attractively by those who have known him from a young age. Her prejudice against him begins to weaken as she sees that he is not at all the cad she thought him to be originally. I am not sure exactly what definition you need; for sure, whatever they thought of each other earlier in the novel changes as they gather more information.