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de·fen·si·ble

 (dĭ-fĕn′sə-bəl)
adj.
Capable of being defended, protected, or justified: defensible arguments.
de·fen′si·bil′i·ty, de·fen′si·ble·ness n.
de·fen′si·bly adv.
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defensible

(dɪˈfɛnsɪbəl)
adj
capable of being defended, as in war, an argument, etc
deˌfensiˈbility, deˈfensibleness n
deˈfensibly adv
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de•fen•si•ble

(dɪˈfɛn sə bəl)

adj.
1. capable of being defended against assault or injury.
2. able to be defended in argument; justifiable.
[1250–1300; < Late Latin]
de•fen`si•bil′i•ty, n.
de•fen′si•bly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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

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defensible

adjective
1. Capable of being defended against armed attack:
defendable, tenable.
2. Capable of being justified:
excusable, justifiable, tenable.
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Translations

defensible

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

[dɪˈfɛnsɪbəl] adj [opinion, system, action] → défendable
morally defensible → moralement défendable
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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
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defensible

[dɪˈfɛnsɪbl] adj → giustificabile
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