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defensible
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de·fen·si·ble  (d-fns-bl)
adj.
Capable of being defended, protected, or justified: defensible arguments.
de·fensi·bili·ty, de·fensi·ble·ness n.
de·fensi·bly adv.
defensible
Adjective
capable of being defended because believed to be right
defensibility n
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Adj.1.defensible - capable of being defended
defendable
invulnerable - immune to attack; impregnable; "gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs"
defensible
adjective justifiable, right, sound, reasonable, acceptable, sensible, valid, legitimate, plausible, permissible, well-founded, tenable, excusable, pardonable, vindicable << OPPOSITE unjustifiable

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Especially without the support of the labor movement, it is unlikely that in November the Nader vote will extend very far beyond the ranks of committed social movement activists, and even many of those will--for defensibly pragmatic reasons--succumb once again to lesser evilism.
For Ralph, Without Illusions by Reed, Adolph L. Jr. / The Progressive
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