De‐fal″cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Defalcated; p. pr. & vb. n.Defalcating.] [LL. defalcatus, p. p. of defalcare to deduct, orig., to cut off with a sickle; L. de- + falx, falcis, a sickle. See Falchion.] To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; — used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.
To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated from them. Burke.