defensible (redirected from defensibly)

de·fen·si·ble  (d-fns-bl)

adj.

Capable of being defended, protected, or justified: defensible arguments.

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de·fensi·bili·ty, de·fensi·ble·ness n.

de·fensi·bly adv.

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defensible [dɪˈfɛnsɪb^əl]

adj

capable of being defended, as in war, an argument, etc.

defensibility , defensibleness n

defensibly  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

defensible - capable of being defended defendable invulnerable - immune to attack; impregnable; "gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs"

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defensible

adjective

1. justifiable, right, sound, reasonable, acceptable, sensible, valid, legitimate, plausible, permissible, well-founded, tenable, excusable, pardonable, vindicable Her reasons for action are morally defensible.
justifiable wrong, untenable, unforgivable, inexcusable, unjustifiable, unpardonable, insupportable

2. secure, safe, unassailable, impregnable, holdable the creation of defensible borders

Translations

defensible [dɪˈfensɪbl] ADJ → defendible; [action] → justificable

defensible [dɪˈfɛnsɪb^əl] adj [opinion, system, action] → défendable
morally defensible → moralement défendable

defensible

adj

(lit) → wehrhaft; because of its position the town wasn’t defensible → die Stadt war wegen ihrer Lage nicht zu verteidigen

(= justifiable) behaviour, argument → vertretbar, zu verteidigen pred

defensible [dɪˈfɛnsɪbl] adj → giustificabile