defeasibility.

The capacity of a conclusion, rule or entitlement to be defeated or revised when overriding evidence or conditions arise.

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Words that belong together

• defeasibility of an inference
• legal defeasibility

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The defeasibility of the inference allowed new evidence to alter the conclusion.

Legal defeasibility meant that the entitlement remained subject to the specified condition.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evidence assessment, qualification, argument critique, assumption analysis. Disciplines: argumentation, logic, research interpretation, formal writing. Commonness: uncommon.