Both Uses of
disdain
in
Billy Budd
- —disdain of innocence.
Chpt 12 *disdain = lack of respect (as though it is inferior)
- And the insight but intensified his passion, which assuming various secret forms within him, at times assumed that of cynic disdain—disdain of innocence.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(disdain) to disrespect or reject as unworthy