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délassement: relaxation; recreation
délasser: to relax, to refresh; to relax
délateur: informer
délatif: delative, delative case
délation: informing, tattling, denunciation
délatter: to unlath
délavage: the process of fading
délaver: to soak; to fade; to wash out
délavé: faded, washed-out
délayage: thinning, watering down; padding out
délayant: That thins the blood
délayer: to add water to; to pad out (e.g. a speech); to delay
délectable: delectable, delightful
délectablement: delectably
délectation: delight, pleasure
délecter: to delight; to take great delight in, to revel in, to relish (to take great pleasure in something) [with de ‘something’]
délestage: load shedding; alternative route (to avoid congestion)
délester: to unballast, to remove ballast from (a ship, balloon, etc.); to divert, to decongest (traffic, a road, etc.); to rid, to relieve (someone); to rob (someone); to get rid of, to cast off
délibérant: deliberative
délibératif: deliberative; voting
délibération: deliberation; contemplation; deliberation; discussion; deliberation (decision taken by a governing body)
délibérativement: deliberatively
délibérer: to plan, to prepare; to deliberate
délibéré: deliberate; planned; calculated
délibérément: deliberately (in a well-planned way)
délicat: delicate; refined, elegant, proper; difficult, tricky; sensitive, thorny
délicatement: delicately
délicater: "(ant.) to cocker, to fondle, to pamper"
délicatesse: delicacy; delicateness
délice: delight
délices de Capoue: wallowing in pleasure, voluptuous idleness
délicieusement: deliciously
délicieux: delicious; delightful
délictuel: criminal, condemnable
délictueux: criminal
délier: to untie, loosen, release
délierrage: removal of ivy (from trees, buildings, etc.)
délierrer: to remove ivy from
délignifier: to delignify
délimitation: delimitation; demarcation
délimiter: to delimit (make or form the limits or boundaries of); to outline; delineate
délimiteur: delimiter
délinquance: delinquency
délinquant: delinquent
délinquant: delinquent
délinquer: to commit a crime
délinéer: to delineate
déliquescence: deliquescence; corruption, decay
déliquescent: deliquescent; decaying
délirant: delirious; unbelievable, insane, crazy
délire: delirium; crazy stuff, absurdity, nonsense
délirer: to be delirious; to be out of one's mind
délit: misdemeanor (a crime of a less serious nature than a felony); tort (a wrongful act unrelated to a contract)
délit d'initié: insider dealing, insider trading
délit d'opinion: thoughtcrime
délit de faciès: the pseudo-crime of looking like a criminal, of having the stereotypical look of a criminal
délit de fuite: hit and run
délit de sale gueule: synonym of délit de faciès
délitage: disintegration
délitement: disintegration