contempt

Examples

• All

• Two months later, the owners were found in contempt of court for failure to comply.

  Academic text (2004)

• I will throw you in jail for contempt myself.

  Murder in the First (1995)

• Trump is in contempt of court right now.

  Megyn Kelly

• Not to mention, the contempt of court.

  God's Not Dead: We The People (2021)

• All of you will be held in contempt.

  Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)

• Hunter Biden is still in contempt of Congress.

• Each year, states initiate thousands of civil contempt actions to enforce child support orders.

  Academic text (2017)

• Since there were ample facts to support the contempt charge, the judge's decision was upheld.

  Academic text (2004)

• So Trump has now been held in contempt as part of a fraud investigation in which he claims he doesn't have the documents that have been subpoenaed.

• The judge warned him that any further disruption would result in a finding of contempt of court.

Synonyms

D

defiance

vscontempt

76 5.3

Open refusal to obey people in charge or rules

applies specifically to willful refusal or lack of respect toward legal authorities

D

disobedience

vscontempt

55 4.2

Refusing to obey rules or people in charge

is specific to willful refusal toward courts or legislatures and often punishable

C

contempt of court

vscontempt

• Formal

15 7.5

Showing disrespect to a judge or refusing to obey a court order that can be punished

covers willful refusal or lack of respect toward courts and legislatures in general

C

contempt of Congress

vscontempt

• Formal

5 8.9

A crime of refusing to obey orders or follow rules from Congress

applies to willful refusal or disrespect toward courts and legislatures alike

C

criminal contempt

vscontempt

• Formal

3 8.8

Showing disrespect or disobeying a court and its orders can be punished as a crime

focuses on willful refusal or disrespect even when law may not punish it

C

civil contempt

vscontempt

• Formal

1 8.6

Failing to follow a court order that helps another person, causing fines or jail to make you obey

refers to willful refusal or lack of respect that is often punishable by law

Antonyms

R

respect

∞ 1.0

A feeling of admiration for someone because they are good or successful

O

obedience

91 2.6

Willing to do what a person in charge asks

Compounds

C

contempt of court

• Formal

15 7.5

Showing disrespect to a judge or refusing to obey a court order that can be punished

C

contempt of Congress

• Formal

5 8.9

A crime of refusing to obey orders or follow rules from Congress

C

criminal contempt

• Formal

3 8.8

Showing disrespect or disobeying a court and its orders can be punished as a crime

C

civil contempt

• Formal

1 8.6

Failing to follow a court order that helps another person, causing fines or jail to make you obey

C

contempt of cop

• Slang

1 9.9

Rude or defiant actions toward a police officer that can cause arrest

Surface Forms

Etymology