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defeasible
OXFORD DICTIONARY
defeasible, adj.
1 capable of annulment.
2 liable to forfeiture.
1 capable of annulment.
2 liable to forfeiture.
Derivative
defeasibility n. defeasibly adv.
Etymology
AF (as DEFEASANCE)
ROGET THESAURUS
defeasible
Confutation
N confutation, refutation, answer, complete answer, disproof, conviction, redargution, invalidation, exposure, exposition, clincher, retort, reductio ad absurdum, knock down argument, tu quoque argument, sockdolager, correction, dissuasion, confuting, confuted capable of refutation, refutable, confutable, defeasible, contravene (counter evidence), condemned on one's own showing, condemned out of one's own mouth, the argument falls to the ground, cadit quaestio, it does not hold water, suo sibi gladio hunc jugulo, his argument was demolished by new evidence.For further exploring for "defeasible" in Webster Dictionary Online