defensible

(dĭ-fĕn'sə-bəl)
adj.
Capable of being defended, protected, or justified: defensible arguments.

defensibility de·fen'si·bil'i·ty or de·fen'si·ble·ness n.
defensibly de·fen'si·bly adv.

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adjective

1. Capable of being defended against armed attack: defendable, tenable. See attack/defend.
2. Capable of being justified: excusable, justifiable, tenable. See forgiveness/vindictiveness, right/wrong.

adj

Definition: justifiable
Antonyms: indefensible, invalid, unjustifiable, vindicable

See words rhyming with "defensible."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - undskyldelig, forklarlig, som kan forsvares

Nederlands (Dutch)
verdedigbaar

Français (French)
adj. - défendable, (fig) justifiable, soutenable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - wehrhaft, vertretbar

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υπερασπίσιμος, προασπίσιμος, αιτιολογήσιμος, δικαιολογήσιμος

Italiano (Italian)
difendibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - defensável

Русский (Russian)
правомерный, оправданный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - defendible, justificable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - försvarbar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
可防卫的, 可辩护的, 可拥护的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可防衛的, 可辯護的, 可擁護的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 항변할 수 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 守りきれる, 弁護の余地のある, 防御できる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ممكن الدفاع عنه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בר-הגנה‬

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