defensible
adjective
[ dɪˈfɛnsɪb(ə)l ]
• justifiable by argument.
• "a morally defensible penal system"
Similar:
justifiable,
arguable,
tenable,
defendable,
maintainable,
sustainable,
supportable,
plausible,
well founded,
sound,
sensible,
reasonable,
rational,
logical,
able to hold water,
acceptable,
satisfactory,
valid,
legitimate,
warrantable,
permissible,
excusable,
pardonable,
understandable,
condonable,
vindicable,
• able to be protected.
• "a fort with a defensible yard at its feet"
Similar:
secure,
safe,
fortified,
fortress-like,
protectable,
able to be protected,
holdable,
invulnerable,
impregnable,
impenetrable,
unattackable,
unassailable,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘capable of giving protective defence’): from late Latin defensibilis, from Latin defendere (see defend).
