Admiration

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Wonder; astonishment.

II. Admiration ·noun Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy.

III. Admiration ·noun 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.