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Webster 1913 Edition
Derision
1.
The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in
derision
. Ps. ii. 4.
Satan beheld their plight,
And to his mates thus in
And to his mates thus in
derision
called. Milton.
2.
An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.
Syn. – Scorn; mockery; contempt; insult; ridicule.
Webster 1828 Edition
Derision
DERISION
, n.1.
The act of laughing at in contempt.2.
Contempt manifested by laughter; scorn.I am in derision daily. Jer. 20.
3.
An object of derision or contempt; a laughing-stock.I was a derision to all my people. Lam 3.