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(common law) A legal principle in the law of equity that prevents a party from asserting otherwise valid legal rights against another party because of conduct by the first party, or circumstances to which the first party has knowingly contributed, making it unjust for those rights to be asserted..
Use estoppel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Estoppel means (common law) A legal principle in the law of equity that prevents a party from asserting otherwise valid legal rights against another party because of conduct by the first party, or circumstances to which the first party has knowingly contributed, making it unjust for those rights to be asserted..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use estoppel where its definition matches the intended context.
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