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   Derision , n. [L. derisio: cf. F. dérision. See Deride.]
   The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.
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   He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision.
   Ps. ii. 4.
   
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   Satan beheld their plight,
   And to his mates thus in derision called.
   Milton.
   
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   An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.
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   I was a derision to all my people.
   Lam. iii. 14.
   Syn. -- Scorn; mockery; contempt; insult; ridicule.
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