dēspectĭo

ōnis, f.

despicio

I. a looking down upon; trop., a despising, contempt: humanarum opinionum, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 288, 24: effundit despectionem super principes, Vulg. Job, 12, 21 al.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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