defensible

de·fen·si·ble

 (dĭ-fĕn′sə-bəl)

adj.

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

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de·fen′si·bil′i·ty, de·fen′si·ble·ness n.

de·fen′si·bly adv.

defensible

(dɪˈfɛnsɪbəl)

adj

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

deˌfensiˈbility, deˈfensibleness n

deˈfensibly adv

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.

Thesaurus

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

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

defensible

adjective

1. Capable of being defended against armed attack:

defendable, tenable.

2. Capable of being justified:

excusable, justifiable, tenable.

Translations

difendibiledifensibilegiustificabilesostenibile

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