Webster's English Dictionary

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appreciation

ap.pre.ci.a.tion \*-.pre--she--'a--sh*n\ n 1a: sensitive awareness; esp : 
   recognition of aesthetic values  1b: EVALUATION, JUDGMENT; esp : a 
   favorable critical es timate 1c: an expression of admiration, approval, or 
   gratitude  2: increase in value