defeasible

Meanings

Adjective

capable of being annulled or voided or terminated
- "a claim to an estate may be defeasible so long as the claimant is under 21 and unmarried"

Adj

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

Origin / 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.

Antonyms

indefeasible

Scrabble Score: 16

defeasible is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
defeasible is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
defeasible is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

defeasible is a valid Words With Friends word