Dalliance /(?)/

Dal·li·ance

Dalliance

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