despite

1. (obsolete) Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.Examples: "A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel; Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write,"; "Thou waſt euer an obſtinate heretique in the deſpight of Beautie."; "all thy despite against the land of Israel"countableobsoleteuncountable

2. (archaic) Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.Examples: "he aſked kynge Arthur yf he wold gyue hym leue to ryde after Balen and to reuenge the deſpyte that he had done Doo your beſt ſaid Arthur I am right wroth ſaid Balen I wold he were quyte of the deſpyte that he hath done to me and to my Courte"; "Of how much sorer punishment suppose ye, shall hee be thought worthy, who hath troden vnder foote þe Sonne of God, and hath counted the blood of the couenant wherwith he was sanctified, an vnholy thing, and hath done despite vnto the spirit of grace?"; "a deſpite done againſt the Moſt High"archaiccountableuncountable