Definition of "esteem" []

• To regard with respect; prize. See Synonyms at appreciate. (verb-transitive)
• To regard as; consider: esteemed it an honor to help them. (verb-transitive)
• Favorable regard. See Synonyms at regard. (noun)
• Archaic Judgment; opinion. (noun)

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• "In discussions of toleration, one finds alongside the conceptions mentioned thus far a fourth one which I call the esteem conception."
• "Observe, therefore, if your general character, and usual conduct, strike her mind; if her esteem is yours without the attraction of assiduity and adulation; if your natural disposition and manners make your society grateful to her, and your approbation desirable."
• "Social development as well as women in sequence to emanate a organisation of clever lady creates a male suffer, self-esteem is severely undermined."