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Definition of "defeasible" []

  • Capable of being annulled or invalidated: a defeasible claim to an estate. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "defeasible" in a sentence
  • "Besides being fallible, it seems that a priori justification is defeasible, that is, all-things-considered a priori justification can be defeated by further evidence."
  • "The relations between states and events are computed as strong probabilities, in the process called defeasible reasoning."
  • "These constraints are ranked as to their strength and they are defeasible, that is, they can be violated (see Zeevat 2000, 2004)."
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