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defensible
Defensible (adj) means Able to be protected from a military attack.
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1
Able to be protected from a military attack.
"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."
— Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete (1907)
2
Able to be shown as reasonable or right.
"Those who are most familiar with the working of the present society are also usually interested in the preservation of particular features of that society which may not be defensible on general principle."
— F. A. Hayek, The Intellectuals and Socialism (1949)
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Etymology
Defensible comes from Old French defensable, from Latin defensibilem, and can equally be analysed as defense + -ible.
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What is the meaning of defensible?
"defensible" (adj) means able to be protected from a military attack.
What is another word for defensible?
Other words for "defensible" include defendable.
What is the opposite of defensible?
Opposites of "defensible" include indefensible, inexcusable, untenable, unjustifiable.
What are the different meanings of defensible?
"defensible" has 2 main meanings: 1. Able to be protected from a military attack; 2. Able to be shown as reasonable or right.
