désavantager, v.a., to deprive of an advantage, to disadvantage, to prejudice.
désavantageusement (-jeuz-mān), adv., disadvantageously, disparagingly.
désavantageu-x, -se, adj., disadvantageous, detrimental, prejudicial.
désaveu, n.m., disavowal, denial; recantation. Il fait le — de cette action; he disowns that action.
désaveugler, v.a., to undeceive, to open the eyes of.
désavouer, v.a., to disown, to disclaim, to disavow, to deny; to retract, to recant. — sa signature; to repudiate or deny one’s signature. Cette mère a désavoué son enfant; that mother has disowned her child.
descellement, n.m., (mas.) loosening, unsealing.
desceller, v.a., to unseal; (mas.) to loosen.
se desceller, v.r., to become unloosened or unsealed; to get loose.