dalliance

dalliance is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play. Look thou be true, do not give dalliance Too mnch the rein. Shak. O, the dalliance and the wit, The flattery and the strifeTennyson.

[2] Delay or procrastination. Shak.

[3] Entertaining discourse. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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