Obs. Chiefly Sc. Also -cyon, -cion, -cioun, -tioun. [ad. L. contemptiōnem, n. of action from contemnĕre to CONTEMN.] The action of contemning; contempt; an act of contemning or contempt.

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1488.  Acta Dom. Concilii, 116 (Jam.). Quhill thai be puinist for thair contempcioun.

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1502.  Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W., 1506), IV. xxx. 347. Of whome comen contempcyons, rancures, hates.

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1534.  Whitinton, Tullyes Offices, III. (1540), 165. Whiche force is a contempcion of paynes and labours.

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1552.  Abp. Hamilton, Catech. (1884), 58. Quhilk … hais na trew lufe of God bot rather contemptioun.

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a. 1572.  Knox, Hist. Ref., Wks. 1846, I. 44. Accused secoundarly, Of contemptioun of the sacramentis.

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