contempt

contempt is a Noun

Definition:

[1] The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteement 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. Shaks.

[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.