défait, -e, part., undone, defeated; meager, lean, wasted; pale; worn out, wan.
défaite, n.f., defeat, overthrow; (com.) sale; evasion, shift, put-off, sham, pretense. Ces marchandises-là sont de bonne —; those goods command a ready sale. La — est ingénieuse; that is an ingenious evasion. C’est une —; that is a mere put-off.
défalcation, n.f., defalcation, deduction.
défalquer, v.a., to take off, to defalcate, to deduct.
défausser, v.a., to straighten.
se défausser, v.r., (at cards) to get rid of useless cards, or to play a card of another suit.
défaut, n.m., defect; fault; flaw, blemish; want; shortcoming; default. Chacun a ses —s; every one has his defects. Il n’y a personne sans —; there is no man but has his faults. Cette pièce de porcelaine a un —; there is a flaw in that piece of china. Le — de blé, de subsistances; want of corn, of victuals. C’est là le — de la cuirasse; that’s his weak point. Condamner par —; to cast for non-appearance. Jugement par —; judgment by default. Les chiens sont en —; the hounds have lost the scent. Trouver quelqu’un en —; to find any one at fault. Mettre quelqu’un en —; to baffle, to foil any one, to throw off the scent. Au —, à — de; in default of, for want of. Faire —; to be wanting; to fail; to be missed.
défaveur, n.f., disfavor, disgrace, discredit.
défavorable, adj., unfavorable, disparaging.
défavorablement, adv., unfavorably; disparagingly.