defeasible
adj/dɪˈfiːzɪbəɫ/UK
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.
- derived from dis-
- derived from desfaisance
- derived from defesaunce
Definitions
Capable of being defeated, terminated, annulled, voided or invalidated.
- The accounting charge for the non-callable debt is defeasible by an escrow.
- Languages are acquired mainly through the exercise of defeasible inductive methods, based on experience of linguistic communication.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for defeasible. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA