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despite definition

de·spite (di spīt′)

noun

  1. a contemptuous act; insult; injury
  2. malice; spite
  3. Archaic contempt; scorn

Etymology: ME & OFr despit < L despectus, a looking down upon, despising < despicere: see despise

in spite of; notwithstanding

transitive verb despited -·spit′ed, despiting -·spit′·ing

Archaic to scorn
despite Idioms

in despite of

  1. in defiance of
  2. in spite of

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