defensible
adjective/dɪˈfensəbl/
/dɪˈfensəbl/
- able to be supported by reasons or arguments that show that it is right or should be allowed
- Are these measures either morally or legally defensible?
- Is it morally defensible to deny legal advice to a prisoner?
- There is no defensible basis for this argument.
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- (of a place) able to be defended from an attack
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘capable of giving protective defence’): from late Latin defensibilis, from Latin defendere, from de- ‘off’ + -fendere ‘to strike’.
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