What does defeasance mean?
Defeasance means (now rare) Destruction, defeat, overthrow..
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/dɪˈfiːzəns/ · noun
(now rare) Destruction, defeat, overthrow..
that hoarie king, with all his traine, / Being arriued, where that champion stout / After his foes defeasance did remaine […]
Use defeasance when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Defeasance means (now rare) Destruction, defeat, overthrow..
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that hoarie king, with all his traine, / Being arriued, where that champion stout / After his foes defeasance did remaine […]
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