Contempt /(kŏn*tĕmt"; 215)/

Con·tempt

Contempt

n.
  1. The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
    Criminal contempt of public feeling.
    Nothing, says Longinus, can be great, the contempt of which is great.
  2. The state of being despised; disgrace; shame.
    Contempt and begarry hangs upon thy back.
  3. An act or expression denoting contempt.
    Little insults and contempts.
    — Spectator.
    The contempt and anger of his lip.
  4. Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority. (Law)