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DEFEASIBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does defeasible mean?
• DEFEASIBLE (adjective)
The adjective DEFEASIBLE has 1 sense:
1. capable of being annulled or voided or terminated
Familiarity information: DEFEASIBLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being annulled or voided or terminated
Context example:
a claim to an estate may be defeasible so long as the claimant is under 21 and unmarried
Antonym:
indefeasible (not liable to being annulled or voided or undone)
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