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DEFENSIBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does defensible mean?
• DEFENSIBLE (adjective)
The adjective DEFENSIBLE has 1 sense:
1. capable of being defended
Familiarity information: DEFENSIBLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being defended
Synonyms:
defendable; defensible
Similar:
invulnerable (immune to attack; impregnable)
Derivation:
defend (state or assert)
defend (be on the defensive; act against an attack)
defend (protect against a challenge or attack)
defend (protect or fight for as a champion)
defensibility (capability of being defended)
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