DISPARAGEMENT Copy link • DISPARAGEMENTobtrectatio (e.g., of another’s fame or qualities, alienae gloriae): despicientia: contemptio: contemptus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) contemptio et despicientia: spretio [SYN. in CONTEMPT]: ☞ elevatio (Quint.; is a sort of ironical depreciation): without any disparagement to your dignity, sine ulla imminutione dignitatis tuae (of an actual lessening of it). Disgrace; Vid: A match below the condition of one of the parties (French, mesalliance), nuptiae impares: to conclude such a match, impari or cum impari jungi.