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Respect satisfies English revolutionary (6)

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I believe the answer is:

esteem

'respect' is the definition.
(I know that respect can be written as esteem)

'satisfies english revolutionary' is the wordplay.
'satisfies' becomes 'meets' ('meet' can be a synonym of 'satisfy').
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'revolutionary' says the letters should be written in reverse (letters revolve around).
'meets'+'e'='meetse'
'meetse' in reverse letter order is 'ESTEEM'.

(Other definitions for esteem that I've seen before include "Respect, admire" , "Revere(nce)" , "Admiration, regard" , "Look upon favourably" , "Respect and admiration" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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