Dalliance — Defs

01 n. The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play.

1.
The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play.
“Look thou be true, do not give dalliance Too much the rein.” — Shak.

“O, the dalliance and the wit, The flattery and the strife!” — Tennyson.
2.
Delay or procrastination.
3.
Entertaining discourse.[Obs.]