dégravoiement or dégravoîment, n.m., (arch.) baring, laying bare (by water).
dégravoyer, v.a., (arch.) to wash away, to bare, to lay bare (of water).
degré, n.m., step, stair, staircase; stage, grade, gradation; degree, point, extent, pitch; (astron., geol., gram., math., phys.) degree; (of universities) degree. À un très haut —; to a very great extent. Par —s; gradually. Au suprême —; in the highest degree.
dégréement, n.m., (nav.) unrigging.
dégréer, v.a., (nav.) to unrig. — un mât; to strip a mast.
dégrèvement (-grèv-mān), n.m., reduction, relief; disencumbrance; redemption.
dégrever, v.a., to diminish, to reduce (a tax); to disencumber, to free, to redeem.
dégringolade, n.f., fall, tumble.
dégringoler, v.n., to run down, to tumble down; to topple down or over; to go from bad to worse; to go to the dogs.
dégrisement (-griz-mān), n.m., (fam.) sobering, getting sober; cooling down.