Dalliance
Dalliance , noun
[From Dally.]
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. — Shakespeare
3.
Entertaining discourse. [Obsolete] — Chaucer