Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VAL-U-A'TION, n. [from value.]

1. The act of estimating the value or worth; the act of setting a price; as, the just valuation of civil and religious privileges.
2. Apprizement; as, a valuation of lands for the purpose of taxation.
3. Value set upon a thing; estimated worth. So slight a valuation. – Shak.