defeasible

Meaning

Adjective

Capable of being defeated, terminated, annulled, voided or invalidated.

Origin

from defeasance -ible, from Anglo-Norman defesaunce, Old French desfaisance, a deverbal noun from desfaire (Modern défaire), from des- + faire + -able, reflecting Latin dis- + faciō + -ābilis. Near-defeatable.

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