I.a despising, contempt (very rare; “perh. only in Cic.): in omnium rerum humanarum contemptione ac despicientia,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 40: “rerum externarum,” id. Off. 1, 20: “animi,” id. ib. 2, 11: “in contemnendis honoribus,” id. Part. Or. 23, 81.
dēspĭcĭentĭa , ae, f. despicio,