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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mockery \Mock"er*y\, n.; pl. Mockeries. [F. moquerie.] 1. The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance. [1913 Webster] It is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Grace at meals is now generally so performed as to look more like a mockery upon devotion than any solemn application of the mind to God. --Law. [1913 Webster] And bear about the mockery of woe. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule. [1913 Webster] The laughingstock of fortune's mockeries. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport. [1913 Webster] The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a mockery. --2 Macc. viii. 17. [1913 Webster]