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defease

defease verb: to annul or render void a contract or stipulation; to abrogate.

Verb

defease (third-person singular simple present defeases, present participle defeasing, simple past and past participle defeased)

  1. To annul or render void a contract or stipulation; to abrogate.

Forms of defease

third-person singular presentdefeases
present participledefeasing
past participledefeased
pastdefeased

Origin of defease

Back-formation from defeasance.

Questions about defease

What does defease mean?
Defease means to annul or render void a contract or stipulation; to abrogate.
What part of speech is defease?
Defease is a verb.
What is the past tense of defease?
The past tense of defease is defeased.

Words near defease in the dictionary

  1. defeasanced
  2. defeasances
  3. defeasancing
  4. defeasaunce
  5. defeasaunces
  6. defease
  7. defeased
  8. defeasement
  9. defeasements
  10. defeases
  11. defeasibilities

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