Meaning of CONTEMPT
| Pronunciation: | | kun'tempt
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- [n] a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
- [n] a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
- [n] open disrespect for a person or thing
- [n] lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
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| | Synonyms: | | despite, disdain, disrespect, scorn, scorn |
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| | See Also: | | contempt of Congress, contempt of court, discourtesy, discourtesy, dislike, disobedience, disrespect, leer, noncompliance, rudeness, sneer | |
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| | Definition: | | Contempt
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*tempt"\ (?; 215), n. [L. contemptus, fr.
contemnere: cf. OF. contempt. See {Contemn}.]
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. --Macaulay.
Nothing, says Longinus, can be great, the contempt
of which is great. --Addison.
2. The state of being despised; disgrace; shame.
Contempt and begarry hangs upon thy back. --Shak.
3. An act or expression denoting contempt.
Little insults and contempts. --Spectator.
The contempt and anger of his lip. --Shak.
4. (Law) 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.
Note: Contempt is in some jurisdictions extended so as to
include publications reflecting injuriously on a court
of justice, or commenting unfairly on pending
proceedings; in other jurisdictions the courts are
prohibited by statute or by the constitution from thus
exercising this process.
Syn: Disdain; scorn; derision; mockery; contumely; neglect;
disregard; slight.
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