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What would the noun form for despisedespise be?

My current two ideas are despitedespite and derision.derision.

According to Google, the etymology of despitedespite is

Middle English (originally used as a noun meaning ‘contempt, scorn’ in the phrase in despite of): from Old French despit, from Latin despectus ‘looking down on,’ past participle (used as a noun) of despicere (see despise).


For `derision`*derision*, I get >late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin *derisio(n-)*, from deridere ‘scoff at.’
Thus, I think that `despite`*despite* makes more sense based on its etymology, but what would be generally accepted?

What would the noun form for despise be?

My current two ideas are despite and derision.

According to Google, the etymology of despite is

Middle English (originally used as a noun meaning ‘contempt, scorn’ in the phrase in despite of): from Old French despit, from Latin despectus ‘looking down on,’ past participle (used as a noun) of despicere (see despise).


For `derision`, I get >late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin *derisio(n-)*, from deridere ‘scoff at.’
Thus, I think that `despite` makes more sense based on its etymology, but what would be generally accepted?

What would the noun form for despise be?

My current two ideas are despite and derision.

According to Google, the etymology of despite is

Middle English (originally used as a noun meaning ‘contempt, scorn’ in the phrase in despite of): from Old French despit, from Latin despectus ‘looking down on,’ past participle (used as a noun) of despicere (see despise).


For *derision*, I get >late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin *derisio(n-)*, from deridere ‘scoff at.’
Thus, I think that *despite* makes more sense based on its etymology, but what would be generally accepted?
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Noun form for "despise"

What would the noun form for despise be?

My current two ideas are despite and derision.

According to Google, the etymology of despite is

Middle English (originally used as a noun meaning ‘contempt, scorn’ in the phrase in despite of): from Old French despit, from Latin despectus ‘looking down on,’ past participle (used as a noun) of despicere (see despise).


For `derision`, I get >late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin *derisio(n-)*, from deridere ‘scoff at.’
Thus, I think that `despite` makes more sense based on its etymology, but what would be generally accepted?