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self-estimation

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es⋅ti⋅ma⋅tion

[es-tuh-mey-shuhn]
–noun
1. judgment or opinion: In my estimation the boy is guilty.
2. esteem; respect.
3. approximate calculation; estimate: to make an estimation of one's expenditures.

Origin:
1325–75; ME estimacioun < MF < L aestimātiōn- (s. of aestimātiō). See estimate, -ion


2. appreciation, regard, honor, veneration.
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Word Origin & History

estimation 
c.1374, from O.Fr. estimacion, from L. æstimationem (nom. æstimatio) "a valuation," from æstimare "to value" (see esteem). The verb estimate is first recorded 1532.
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