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voidable

American  
[voi-duh-buhl] / ˈvɔɪ də bəl /

adjective

  1. capable of being nullified or invalidated.

  2. Law. capable of being made or adjudged void.


voidable British  
/ ˈvɔɪdəbəl /

adjective

  1. capable of being voided

  2. capable of being made of no legal effect or made void

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of voidable

First recorded in 1475–85; void + -able


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The extension includes voidable years in 2024 and 2025, which greatly reduced his cap hit for the upcoming season.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 14, 2022

The team also could tack on voidable years to Daron Payne’s contract to convert part of his fifth-year option into a signing bonus that can be prorated over multiple years.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2022

But the Seahawks guaranteed that provision, by adding a voidable year to Brown’s contract for 2022.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2021

You have great language throughout the poem I love especially my escape was mundane then voidable I suppose you know a word we'd never use is the opposite unavoidable.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 17, 2018

By the modern rule they are not void but are voidable, that is, can be set aside if the creditors or other interested parties wish to do so.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles

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