délassement (-lâs-mān), n.m., remission of attention or application, relaxation; repose, recreation, diversion.

délasser, v.a., to refresh, to relax, to divert. Le sommeil vous délasse; sleep refreshes one. Un changement d’occupation délasse l’esprit; a change of occupation relaxes the mind.

se délasser, v.r., to refresh one’s self, to rest.

délat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., informer, denouncer, accuser.

délation, n.f., information, denunciation, informing.

délatter, v.a., to unlath.

délavage, n.m., diluting of color (in drawing and water-color painting); soaking.

délavé, -e, adj., weak, pale, dim (of gems); diluted (of colors).

délaver, v.a., to dilute color (in drawing and water-color painting); to soak, imbibe with water.

se délaver, v.r., to become soaked, imbibed with water; to lose color.