contemn

Etymology

From Middle English contempnen, from Old French contemner, from Latin contemnere (“to scorn”). See also contempt.

verb

1. (transitive, archaic) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
   I was perturbed by the suspicion that the anguish of love contemned was alloyed in her broken heart with the pangs, sordid to my young mind, of wounded vanity. 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, “11”, in The Moon and Sixpence
2. (law) To commit an offence of contempt, such as contempt of court; to unlawfully flout (e.g. a ruling).