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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Possible to contradict or declare untrue.
  • adjective Being such that plausible disavowal or disclaimer is possible.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being denied or contradicted.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being, or liable to be, denied.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Able to be denied or contradicted

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective capable of being denied or contradicted

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