Disdain

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): ( v. t.) The state of being despised; shame.

(2): ( v. t.) A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.

(3): ( v. t.) That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.

(4): ( v. i.) To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.

(5): ( v. t.) To reject as unworthy of one's self, or as not deserving one's notice; to look with scorn upon; to scorn, as base acts, character, etc.

(6): ( v. t.) To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act.

Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [2]

Contempt, as unworthy of one's choice. It is distinguished from haughtiness thus: Haughtiness is founded on the high opinion we have of ourselves; disdain on the low opinion we have of others.

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