Esteem

Definition of esteem:

To consider as to value.
To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon.
To set a high value on; to prize; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship.
Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price.
High estimation or value; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth.
To value highly; to respect; prize; consider.
To set a high estimate or value on: to regard with respect or friendship: to consider or think.
To value or rate; think highly of.
To prize.
To form an estimate; to have regard to the value; to consider.
To set a value on; to set a high value on; to regard with respect or friendship; to hold in opinion; to think highly of.
To set a high value upon; to prize; to regard with respect or friendship; to think; to hold in repute.
a feeling of delighted approval and liking
regard highly; think much of; " I respect his judgement"; " We prize his creativity"
A favorable opinion; estimation; respect.
High estimation or value: favorable regard.
Favorable opinion.
Favorable opinion, as that based on moral worth.
Estimation; high value or estimation; great regard.

Usage examples for esteem

Her husband is a man whom all men honor and hold in deep esteem. Marion's Faith. by Charles King
In presence of people whom they esteem they are, like their fathers, models of tact and politeness; but they have more than that mere sentiment of equality which was all that their fathers had,- they have the idea of equality, and the determination to maintain it. Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold
" He's more than that in his mother's esteem. Love and Lucy by Maurice Henry Hewlett
Our misfortune compels us to part with all who love and esteem us. Marie Antoinette And Her Son by Louise Muhlbach Official