1. имя существительное [устаревшее] злоба, злость; презрение, пренебрежение Синоним(ы): spite, malice 2. предлог несмотря на, вопреки чему-либо Например: despite our pleadings — несмотря на наши ходатайства Синоним(ы): in spite of
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French despit, from Latin despectus, from despicere 1. the feeling or attitude of despising; contempt 2. malice, spite 3. a. an act showing contempt or defiance b. detriment, disadvantage Example: I know of no government which stands to its obligations, even in its own despite, more solidly — Sir Winston Churchill II. transitive verb (despited; despiting) 1. archaic to treat with contempt 2. obsolete to provoke to anger; vex III. preposition in spite of Example: played despite an injury