de|for|ciant

de|for|ciant
de|for|ciant «dih FR shuhnt, -FOHR-», noun.
Law. a person who deforces.
[< Anglo-French deforceant, (originally) present participle of deforcer; see etym. under deforce (Cf.deforce)]

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