[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

admiration \ad`mira"tion\, n. f., fr. l. admiratio. see
   admire.
   1. wonder; astonishment. obs.
      1913 webster

            season your admiration for a while.   --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion
      excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or
      high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a
      landscape, of virtue.
      1913 webster

   3. cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or
      pleased surprise; a prodigy.
      1913 webster

            now, good lafeu, bring in the admiration. --shak.
      1913 webster

   note of admiration, the mark , called also exclamation
      point.
      1913 webster

   syn: wonder; approval; appreciation; adoration; reverence;
        worship.
        1913 webster
see also:
admire note of admiration exclamation point 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

admiration
     n 1: a feeling of delighted approval and liking syn: esteem
     2: the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
        syn: wonder, wonderment
     3: a favorable judgment; "a small token in admiration of your
        works" syn: appreciation
see also:
esteem wonder wonderment appreciation 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

116 moby thesaurus words for "admiration":
   amor, christian love, eros, ok, platonic love, acceptance, account,
   adherence, adoration, affection, agape, amaze, amazement,
   apotheosis, appreciation, approbation, approval, ardency, ardor,
   astonishment, astoundment, attachment, awe, beguilement,
   bewilderment, blessing, bodily love, breathless adoration,
   breathless wonder, brotherly love, caritas, charity, conjugal love,
   consideration, countenance, courtesy, deference, deification,
   delight, desire, devotion, dumbfoundment, duty, ecstasy,
   endorsement, esteem, estimation, exaggerated respect,
   faithful love, fancy, fascination, favor, favorable vote, fervor,
   flame, fondness, free love, free-lovism, great respect, heart,
   hero worship, high regard, homage, honor, idolatry, idolism,
   idolization, lasciviousness, libido, like, liking, love,
   lovemaking, married love, marvel, marveling, nod, passion,
   physical love, pleasure, popular regard, popularity, prestige,
   puzzlement, rapture, regard, respect, reverence,
   reverential regard, sanction, seal of approval, sense of mystery,
   sense of wonder, sentiment, sex, sexual love, shine,
   spiritual love, stamp of approval, stupefaction, surprise,
   tender feeling, tender passion, transport, truelove, uxoriousness,
   veneration, voice, vote, weakness, wonder, wonderment, worship,
   yea, yea vote, yearning

[4] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

admiration, n.  our polite recognition of another's resemblance to
ourselves.

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