Main entry: contempt
Definition: a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
Main entry: disrespect, contempt
Definition: a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
Definition: open disrespect for a person or thing
Main entry: disdain, contempt, despite, scorn
Definition: lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
Usage: he was held in contempt; the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary