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What does contemning mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of contemn
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And viciously contemning the Church more often than not entails a disdainful sidelong glance at the benighted faithful who persist in allegiance to her.
We should aim at celestial honour, and not regard the contemning of men.
They glory in despising the laws and contemning royal authority.
His statement came a day ahead of the hearing of a Supreme Court of Pakistan's case against him for contemning the court.
Such a critic will not respect Balzac's good work the less for contemning his bad work.
I counsel you to free yourself of clogging temptations, by overcoming some, and contemning others, and watching over all.

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