DERISION, noun 1. The act of laughing at in contempt. 2. Contempt manifested by laughter; scorn. I am in derision daily. Jeremiah 20:7. 3. An object of derision or contempt; a laughing-stock. I was a derision to all my people. Lamentations 3:14.
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