Bible Dictionaries
Derision

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.

(2):

(n.) The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Derision'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/derision.html. 1828.