CONTEMPT, n. [L. See Contemn.] 1. The act of despising; the act of viewing or considering and treating as mean, vile and worthless; disdain; hatred of what is mean or deemed vile. This word is one of the strongest expressions of a mean opinion which the language affords.Nothing, says Longinus, can be great, the contempt of which is great.2. The state of being despised; whence in a scriptural sense, shame, disgrace.Some shall awake to everlasting contempt. Daniel 7.3. In law, disobedience of the rules and orders of a court, which is a punishable offense.
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