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Gathers European rejected honour (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

esteem

'honour' is the definition.
(esteem is a kind of honour)

'gathers european rejected' is the wordplay.
'gathers' becomes 'meets' ('meet' can be a synonym of 'gather').
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'rejected' is a reversal indicator.
'meets'+'e'='meetse'
'meetse' back-to-front is 'ESTEEM'.

(Other definitions for esteem that I've seen before include "Respect and admiration" , "Floor covering" , "gain respect" , "Rate highly" , "Respect, admire" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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