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.