All 11 Uses

contempt
in
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
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There was valor and contempt for circumstances in the glance of his eye.
Chpt 5 *

contempt = a lack of respect
Jimmie replied with heavy contempt.†
Chpt 1
"Ho," she said, with a great grunt of contempt.†
Chpt 2
In him grew a majestic contempt for those strings of street cars that followed him like intent bugs.†
Chpt 4
She looked keenly at him, occasionally, wondering if he was feeling contempt.†
Chpt 5
When he said, "Ah, what deh hell," his voice was burdened with disdain for the inevitable and contempt for anything that fate might compel him to endure.†
Chpt 5
He says I was a contempt'ble scoun'el, er somet'ing like dat, an' he says I was doom' teh everlastin' pe'dition an' all like dat.†
Chpt 6
Here was one who had contempt for brass-clothed power; one whose knuckles could defiantly ring against the granite of law.†
Chpt 6
Jimmie and his companion kept their eyes upon the bartender and conversed loudly in tones of contempt.†
Chpt 11
"Damned if I knows," replied Jimmie with exaggerated contempt.†
Chpt 11
Again they chorused in contempt.†
Chpt 11

Definitions:

(1) (contempt as in: feels contempt towards her)
lack of respect for someone or something thought inferior -- often accompanied by a feeling of dislike or disgust

A famous saying, "familiarity breeds contempt" comes from Aesop's fable, "The Fox and the Lion". (6th century BC)

When first the Fox saw the Lion he was terribly frightened, and ran away and hid himself in the wood. Next time however he came near the King of Beasts he stopped at a safe distance and watched him pass by. The third time they came near one another the Fox went straight up to the Lion and passed the time of day with him, asking him how his family were, and when he should have the pleasure of seeing him again; then turning his tail, he parted from the Lion without much ceremony.

The moral is traditionally, "Familiarity breeds contempt"; though an alternative moral is "Acquaintance softens prejudices."
(2) (contempt as in: held in contempt of court)
the crime of willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body

Formally, this is called "contempt of court," but it is often shortened as just "contempt."
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)