The word is vilipend.
It is defined as "to disparage or to treat someone with contempt.
You would pronounce it as VIL-ah-pend.
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It means the contempt action is removed and rendered null and void.
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The noun contempt actually leads to two different adjectives. Contemptible, which means deserving of contempt, and contemptuous, which means feeling contempt.
Contempt originated in 1393, from the Latin word: "Contemptus" which means: scorn.
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Scorn is to hold in contempt.
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Contemptible