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Defeasible

/[dɪˈfiːzɪbəɫ]/ adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of being defeated, terminated, annulled, voided or invalidated.

    "The accounting charge for the non-callable debt is defeasible by an escrow."

Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of being annulled or voided or terminated wordnet

Etymology

Back-formation from defeasance + -ible, from Anglo-Norman defesaunce, Old French desfaisance, a deverbal noun from desfaire (“to undo”) (Modern French défaire), from des- (“un-, apart”) + fere, faire (“to do”) + -able, reflecting Latin dis- + facere + -ābilis. Near-doublet of defeatable.

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