defeasible
C2CEFR level
92/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
General adjective
Capable of being overturned or annulled by further evidence or considerations.
Everyday knowledge claims are defeasible, holding only until stronger counter-evidence appears.
Law adjective
Capable of being brought to an end or voided if a specified condition occurs.
The gift was defeasible: the land would revert if it ever ceased to be used as a school.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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