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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Defensible \De*fen"si*ble\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]fensable, LL.
     defensabilis, defensibilis. See Defense, and cf.
     Defendable.]
     1. Capable of being defended; as, a defensible city, or a
        defensible cause.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Capable of offering defense. [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Defensible \De*fen"si*ble\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]fensable, LL.
     defensabilis, defensibilis. See Defense, and cf.
     Defendable.]
     1. Capable of being defended; as, a defensible city, or a
        defensible cause.
  
     2. Capable of offering defense. [Obs.] --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  defensible
       adj : capable of being defended [syn: defendable]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  defensible
     Αγγλικά a.
     δικαιολογήσιμος, που μπορεί να δικαιολογηθεί, που μπορούν
  επιχειρήματα να τεθούν υπέρ του

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  defensible
     a.
     1 (lb en of an installation etc) capable of being defended against
  armed attack
     2 (lb en of an argument etc) capable of being justified

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  defensible
     a.
     1 (lb en of an installation etc) capable of being defended against
  armed attack
     2 (lb en of an argument etc) capable of being justified

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  defensible
     a.
     1 (lb en of an installation etc) capable of being defended against
  armed attack
     2 (lb en of an argument etc) capable of being justified

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  defensible
     a.
     1 (lb en of an installation etc) capable of being defended against
  armed attack
     2 (lb en of an argument etc) capable of being justified

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Defensible /dɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/
  مبرّر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  defensible /[dɪˈfɛnsɪbəɫ]/ 
  защитим
  capable of being defended

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  defensible /dɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/ 
  udržitelný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  defensible /dɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/ 
  obhajitelný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  defensible /dɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/
  vertretbar 
           Note: Argument
        "a perfectly defensible political objective"  - ein durchaus vertretbares politisches Ziel
     Synonym: tenable
  
   see: unjustifiable, indefensible, untenable

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  defensible /dɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/
  wehrhaft 
        "be easily defensible"  - leicht zu verteidigend sein

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  defensible /dɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/ 
  1. सहज में रक्षा होने योग्य
        "The castle was built in such a manner that made it defensible."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  defensible /dɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/
  1. védhetô
  2. igazolható

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]


  defensible /dɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/ 
  defensável

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  defensible /dɪfˈɛnsɪbəl/
  1. savunulabilir, müdafaa edilebilir, müdafaası kabil, hak verilir.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/dɪˈfɛnsəbəɫ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "defensible":
     admissible, allowable, balanced, condonable, defendable, deserved,
     dispensable, due, equitable, even, evenhanded, excusable,
     exemptible, expiable, fair, fair and square, fit, forgivable, good,
     inoffensive, just, justifiable, justified, lawful, legal,
     legitimate, level, meet, meet and right, merited, pardonable,
     proper, reasonable, remissible, right, right and proper, rightful,
     square, tenable, unobjectionable, venial, vindicable, warrantable,
     warranted

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  a. 可防卫的,可拥护的,可辩护的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     a. 可防卫的,可拥护的,可辩护的

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