Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DE-RI'SION, n. [s as z; L. derisio. See Deride.]

1. The act of laughing at in contempt.
2. Contempt manifested by laughter; scorn. I am in derision daily. – Jer. xx.
3. An object of derision or contempt; a laughing-stock. I was a derision to all my people. – Lam. iii.