se délicoter, v.r., (man.) to slip the halter.
délictueu-x, -se, adj., (jur.) unlawful, felonious.
délié, -e, adj., untied, loose; small, thin; light, easy, flowing (of style); slender, slim; cunning. Avoir l’esprit —; to be quick, shrewd. Avoir la langue —e; to have a voluble, glib tongue.
délié, n.m., (penmanship) thin stroke, up-stroke.
délier, v.a., to unbind; to untie; to liberate, to release, to absolve. — quelqu’un d’un serment; to free any one from an oath. On l’a délié de ses vœux; he was liberated from his vows.
se délier, v.r., to come untied, to get unfastened; to get loose.
délimitation, n.f., settling the limits, fixing the boundaries.
délimiter, v.a., to settle the boundaries, fix the limits.
délinéation, n.f., delineation.
délinéer, v.a., to delineate.