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1. The condition of being honoured (esteemed or respected or well regarded)
   "it is held in esteem"
   - regard, respect
    
2. A feeling of delighted approval and liking
   - admiration
    
3. An attitude of admiration or esteem
   - respect, regard

1. Regard highly; think much of
   - respect, value, prize, prise [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Look on as or consider
   - think of, repute, regard as, look upon, look on, take to be

Derived forms: esteems, esteemed, esteeming

Type of: attitude, believe, conceive, consider, fete, fête, honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], laurels, liking, mental attitude, reckon, regard, see, think, view

Antonym: disesteem

Encyclopedia: Esteem