tenability

ten·a·ble

 (tĕn′ə-bəl)

adj.

1. Capable of being maintained in argument; rationally defensible: a tenable theory.

2. Capable of being held against assault; defensible: a tenable outpost.

3. Capable of enduring or of being tolerated: a tenable situation.

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[French, from Old French, from tenir, to hold, from Latin tenēre; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

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ten′a·bil′i·ty, ten′a·ble·ness n.

ten′a·bly adv.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tenability - the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person; "he questioned the tenability of my claims" tenableness, reasonableness plausibility, plausibleness - apparent validity

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Translations

tenability

n (Mil: of position) → Haltbarkeit f; (fig, of opinion, theory also) → Vertretbarkeit f

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