Fidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord.
The oath by which this obligation was assumed.
To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
To scoff, to express contempt.
To reject, turn down.
A display of disdain; a slight.
Contempt or disdain.
An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.