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

appreciation \appre`cia"tion\, n. cf. f. appr'eciation.
   1. a just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight,
      etc.; recognition of excellence.
      1913 webster

   2. accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation
      of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
      1913 webster

            his foreboding showed his appreciation of henry's
            character.                            --j. r. green.
      1913 webster

   3. a rise in value; -- opposed to depreciation.
      1913 webster
see also:
depreciation 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

appreciation
     n 1: understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or
          magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of
          accounting practices" syn: grasp, hold
     2: delicate discrimination especially of aesthetic values;
        "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid
        success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate
        in bad taste" syn: taste, discernment, perceptiveness
     3: an expression of gratitude; "he expressed his appreciation
        in a short note"
     4: a favorable judgment; "a small token in admiration of your
        works" syn: admiration
     5: an increase in price or value; "an appreciation of 30 in
        the value of real estate" ant: depreciation
see also:
grasp hold taste discernment perceptiveness admiration 
depreciation 

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

180 moby thesaurus words for "appreciation":
   acceptance, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement,
   accumulation, acknowledgment, addition, admiration, admission,
   adoration, advance, aggrandizement, allowance, amplification,
   analyzing, apotheosis, apperception, appraisal, appraisement,
   appraising, appreciation of differences, appreciativeness,
   approbation, approval, artistic judgment, ascent, assessing,
   assessment, augmentation, avowal, awareness, awe, ballooning,
   bloating, blurb, boom, boost, breathless adoration, broadening,
   buildup, cognition, cognizance, commendation, comprehension,
   concession, confession, connoisseurship, consciousness,
   consideration, courtesy, crescendo, critical niceness,
   criticalness, declaration, deference, deification, delicacy,
   development, discriminating taste, discriminatingness,
   discrimination, discriminativeness, duty, edema, elevation,
   enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, esteem, estimate, estimation,
   evaluating, evaluation, evaluative criticism, exaggerated respect,
   expansion, extension, fastidiousness, favor, feel, feeling,
   fine palate, finesse, flood, gain, gauging, good word,
   gratefulness, gratitude, great respect, greatening, growth, gush,
   hero worship, high regard, hike, homage, honor, honorable mention,
   hype, idolatry, idolization, increase, increment, inflation,
   insight, judiciousness, jump, knowledge, leap, making distinctions,
   measurement, mindfulness, mounting, multiplication,
   niceness of distinction, nicety, noesis, note, notice, obligation,
   opinion, palate, perception, plug, prestige, productiveness,
   profession, proliferation, promotion, puff, raise, ranking, rating,
   realization, reckoning, recognition, refined discrimination,
   refined palate, refinement, regard, respect, reverence,
   reverential regard, rise, salvo, selectiveness, sense,
   sense of obligation, sensibility, sensitivity, snowballing, spread,
   subtlety, surge, swelling, tact, tactfulness, taste, thankfulness,
   thanks, tribute, tumescence, understanding, up, upping, upsurge,
   upswing, uptrend, upturn, valuation, valuing, veneration, view,
   waxing, weighing, widening, worship

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