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   defensible

   /dɪˈfɛnsɪbl/

   adjective

   • 1. justifiable by argument: "a morally defensible penal system" Similar justifiablearguabletenabledefendablemaintainablesustainablesupportableplausiblewell foundedsoundsensiblereasonablerationallogicalable to hold wateracceptablesatisfactoryvalidlegitimatewarrantablepermissibleexcusablepardonableunderstandablecondonablevindicableOpposite indefensibleuntenable
   • 2. able to be protected: "a fort with a defensible yard at its feet" Similar securesafefortifiedfortress-likeprotectableable to be protectedholdableinvulnerableimpregnableimpenetrableunattackableunassailableOpposite vulnerable

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘capable of giving protective defence’): from late Latin defensibilis, from Latin defendere (see defend).

   Derivatives

   • 1. defensibility noun
   • 2. defensibly adverb

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