Bible Dictionaries
Contempt

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

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

(2):

(n.) The state of being despised; disgrace; shame.

(3):

(n.) An act or expression denoting contempt.

(4):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Contempt'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/contempt.html. 1828.