subtraction; a default is a failure in duty.

_Definitely_ for _Definitively_. "It was definitely decided."
Definitely means precisely, with exactness; definitively means
finally, conclusively.

_Deliver_. "He delivered an oration," or "delivered a lecture." Say,
He made an oration, or gave a lecture.

_Demean_ for _Debase_ or _Degrade_. "He demeaned himself by accepting
charity." The word relates, not to meanness, but to demeanor, conduct,
behavior. One may demean oneself with dignity and credit.

_Demise_ for _Death_. Usually said of a person of note. Demise means
the lapse, as by death, of some authority, distinction or privilege,
which passes to another than the one that held it; as the demise of
the Crown.

_Democracy_ for _Democratic Party_. One could as properly call the
Christian Church "the Christianity."

_Dépôt_ for _Station_. "Railroad dépôt." A dépôt is a place of
deposit; as, a dépôt of supply for an army.

_Deprivation_ for _Privation_. "The mendicant showed the effects of
deprivation." Deprivation refers to the act of depriving, taking away
from; privation is the state of destitution, of not having.

_Dilapidated_ for _Ruined_. Said of a building, or other structure.
But the word is from the Latin _lapis_, a stone, and cannot properly