flout \FLOWT\,
transitive verb:1. To treat with contempt and disregard; to show contempt for.
intransitive verb:1. To mock, to scoff.
noun:1. Mockery, scoffing.
Seth and Dorothy were completely mystified by Janis's determination to flout as many social conventions as she could.-- Alice Echols, Scars of Sweet Paradise
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