defensible

English

Etymology

From Old French defensable, from Latin defensibilem.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): [dɪˈfɛn.sɪ.bɫ]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): [dɪˈfen.sɪ.bɫ]

Adjective

defensible (comparative more defensible, superlative most defensible)

1. (of an installation etc) capable of being defended against armed attack
   • 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 11:

     Not only were those cities fortified, but their architects based their whole system on the strategical possibilities of the site, and closely followed its defensible contours.

2. (of an argument etc) capable of being justified

Synonyms

• (capable of being defended): defendable

Antonyms

• indefensible

Translations

capable of being defended

• Bulgarian: защитим (bg) (zaštitim)
• Danish: forsvarlig, som kan forsvares
• Ido: defensebla (io)
• Italian: sostenibile (it), difendibile (it), tenibile
• Manx: so-choadey
• Portuguese: defensável
• Spanish: defendible

capable of being justified

• Danish: forsvarlig, som kan forsvares
• Italian: difendibile (it), sostenibile (it), tenibile
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forsvarlig

• Portuguese: defensável
• Spanish: sostenible

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