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derision

de.ri.sion \di-'rizh-*n\ n [ME, fr. MF, fr. LL derision-, derisio, fr. L 
   derisus, pp. of] deride-re 1a: an act of deriding  1b: a state of being 
   derided  2: an object of ridicule or scorn