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flout

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1. flout - Noun

2. flout - Verb

Meaning

To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.

To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at.

A mock; an insult.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn. Martin Luther

He drew a circle that shut me out- Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle and took him In ! From the poem " Outwitted. Edwin Markham

Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest is possible than to show leniency to those who violate it. Cardinal Richelieu

Profits and prices are the street signs of the economy. Only fools flout them. The much–maligned price system works not only to secure supply but to conserve. Ilana Mercer

New forms of media - first movies, then television, talk radio and now the Internet - tend to challenge traditional codes of conduct. They flout convention, shake up the status quo and sometimes provoke outrage. Willow Bay

The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn. C. S. Lewis

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