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Contempt, disdain (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scorn

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">This clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">contempt</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that contempt can be written as scorn)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">disdain</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that disdain can be written as scorn)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for scorn that I've seen before include "Reject contemptuously" , "Look at with disdain" , "Slight" , "Contumely" , "Mocking contempt" .)

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