Contempt
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
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Senses
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a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
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open disrespect for a person or thing
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lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- despitedisrespectscorn
- plural
- Contempts
- possessive
- Contempt's
- pluralpossessive
- Contempts'