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Meaning of Defeasance | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
dɪˈfiːzəns

Definitions

  1. Destruction, defeat, overthrow.
  2. The rendering void of a contract or deed; an annulment or abrogation.

Equivalents

العربية اﻷطاحة
Български анулиране отмяна
Ελληνικά αντέγγραφο

Examples

“that hoarie king, with all his traine, / Being arriued, where that champion stout / After his foes defeasance did remaine […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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