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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dalliance \Dal"li*ance\, n. [From {Dally}.] 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 strife! --Tennyson. 2. Delay or procrastination. --Shak. 3. Entertaining discourse. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dalliance n 1: the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working [syn: {dawdling}, {trifling}, {wasting time}] 2: playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest [syn: {flirt}, {flirting}, {flirtation}, {coquetry}, {toying}]
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