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décommander: to cancel (an order, event, etc.); to put off (until another time); to withdraw (an invitation)
décommunautariser: to centralize communities, making them (progressively or not) lose their distinct identities to merge into a bigger one; to decentralize competences from the European level to the state level; to transfer competences from the linguistic communities to the federal state
décommunisation: decommunization
décommuniser: to decommunize
décompensation: decompensation
décompilateur: decompiler
décompiler: to decompile
décomplexer: to rid someone of his or her inhibitions
décomplexé: uninhibited; self-assured
décompléter: to render incomplete
décomposable: decomposable
décomposer: to decompose, to break down (into components); to factorize; to decompose, decay; to break down (for analysis)
décomposeur: decomposer
décomposition: decomposition
décomposé: decomposed
décompresser: to decompress; to relax, unwind; to unzip, decompress, uncompress
décompresseur: decompressor
décompression: decompression
décomprimer: to decompress
décompte: deduction, that which is to be subtracted; counting, the act or manner of making a count
décompter: to deduct (take one thing from another); to pick out; to scrap; to give up on (a sick person), to leave for dead
déconcentration: deconcentration; decentralization, devolution; loss of concentration
déconcentrer: to distract; to devolve
déconcentré: suffering a loss of concentration
déconceptualiser: to deconceptualize
déconcertant: disconcerting
déconcerter: to disconcert; to baffle, confound, bewilder
déconditionner: to decondition
déconfessionnalisation: deconfessionalization
déconfessionnaliser: to deconfessionalize
déconfinement: deconfinement; easing of lockdown, lifting of lockdown, ceasing of quarantine and return to normal life
déconfiner: to end lockdown, to lift lockdown, to ease lockdown
déconfire: to destroy, annihilate; to discombobulate
déconfit: crestfallen
déconfiture: collapse; defeat
décongeler: to thaw, unfreeze, defrost
décongelé: defrosted
décongestion: decongestion
décongestionnant: decongestant
décongestionner: to decongest (relieve congestion in)
décongélation: thawing, defrosting
déconnant: insane
déconnecter: to disconnect, to unplug; to log out
déconner: to pull out, "decunt" (remove one's penis from a vagina); to talk rubbish, talk bollocks, kid, joke; to mess up, act up, malfunction
déconnexion: disconnection; logout, sign-out (signout)
déconseiller: to advise against, to not recommend
déconseillé: not recommended; discouraged
déconsidération: inconsideration
déconsidérer: to discredit
déconsolidation: deconsolidation
déconstruction: deconstruction
déconstruire: to deconstruct, take apart
décontamination: decontamination
décontaminer: to decontaminate
décontamineur: decontaminant
décontenancer: to disconcert
décontracter: to relax
décontraction: laid-back attitude; relaxation (of muscles)
décontracté: relaxed; casual, informal, relaxed
déconvenue: discomfiture, disappointment (caused by failure)