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contempt

/ contempt /

noun

noun Sense 1

a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body

Type of:

disobedience noncompliance

Kinds of:

contempt of Congress contempt of court

Domain:

law jurisprudence

noun Sense 2

a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous

Type of:

discourtesy rudeness

Derived:

disrespect disesteem

noun Sense 3

open disrespect for a person or thing

Type of:

disrespect discourtesy

Kinds of:

sneer leer

Derived:

contemn despise scorn disdain

noun Sense 4

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

"he was held in contempt"

"the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"

Type of:

dislike

Derived:

contemn despise scorn disdain

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