Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Derision

Derision , noun

[Latin derisio: compare French dérision. See Deride.]

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. — Bible (KJV) - Psalm ii. 4
Satan beheld their plight, And to his mates thus in derision called. — Milton
2.
An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.
I was a derision to all my people. — Lam. iii. 14