Contempt — Defs

01 n. The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.

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.
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)