defeasance
UK/dɪˈfiːzəns/
defeasance noun: destruction, defeat, overthrow.
Noun
defeasance (countable and uncountable, plural defeasances)
- Destruction, defeat, overthrow.
- that hoarie king, with all his traine, / Being arriued, where that champion stout / After his foes defeasance did remaine […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- The rendering void of a contract or deed; an annulment or abrogation.
Verb
defeasance (third-person singular simple present defeasances, present participle defeasancing, simple past and past participle defeasanced)
defeasance meaning in Kannada
defeasance in Kannada
- ವಿಫಲಗೊಳಿಸುವಿಕೆ, ನಿಷ್ಫಲಗೊಳಿಸುವಿಕೆ
Forms of defeasance
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | defeasances |
| alternative form | defeasaunce |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | defeasances |
| present participle | defeasancing |
| past participle | defeasanced |
| past | defeasanced |
Origin of defeasance
From Anglo-Norman defeasaunce.
Questions about defeasance
- What does defeasance mean?
- Defeasance means destruction, defeat, overthrow.
- What is defeasance in Kannada?
- Defeasance in Kannada is ವಿಫಲಗೊಳಿಸುವಿಕೆ, ನಿಷ್ಫಲಗೊಳಿಸುವಿಕೆ. See Defeasance meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is defeasance?
- Defeasance can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce defeasance?
- Defeasance is pronounced /dɪˈfiːzəns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of defeasance?
- The plural of defeasance is defeasances.
Words near defeasance in the dictionary
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