raillery - Definitions from Dictionary.com (etymology):

raillery (RAY-luh-ree) noun

1. Good-natured teasing or ridicule; banter.
2. An instance of bantering or teasing.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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