Pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement, possession, or association, An excessively high opinion of oneself; conceit, That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children etc., intransitive verb_ rare To be proud; to glory, transitive verb_ To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; -- used reflexively, To indulge (oneself) in a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction