despisement

English

Etymology

despise +‎ -ment

Noun

despisement (countable and uncountable, plural despisements)

1. contempt, despising
   • 1603 [c. 100 CE], Philemon Holland, “Of the Tranquillity and Contentment of Mind”, in Plutarch's Moral Essays‎^[1], London: J. M. Dent & Sons, translation of Moralia by Plutarch, published 1911, pages 172–173:

     Much feeding upon flesh and liberal drinking of wine, maketh (I must needs say) the body able and strong, but the mind feeble and weak. Likewise, the continual and excessive care both in getting and keeping goods, may well augment riches and increase our substance: but surely it is the contempt and despisement of worldly wealth that is a great help and means to learning and philosophy.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:contempt

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “despisement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)