defensible

Speech parts

1. defensible - Adjective

2. defensible - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Capable of being defended; as, a defensible city, or a defensible cause.

Capable of offering defense.

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Examples

Either criticism is no good at all (a very defensible position) or else criticism means saying about an author the very things that would have made him jump out of his boots. G. K. Chesterton

The Only cure for nihilism is for liberal democratic societies - their electorates, their judiciary, and their political leadership- to insist that force is legitimate only to the degree that it serves defensible political goals. Thus implies a constant exercise of due diligence... Michael Ignatieff

One must dig deeply into opposing points of view in order to know whether your own position remains defensible. Iron sharpens iron. Francis Collins

An Imperial policy must, of course, be carried out with reasonable prudence, and the principles of government which guide our relations with whatsoever races are brought under our control must be politically and economically sound and morally defensible. Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer

Any agreement with the Palestinian people must preserve Israel's identity as a Jewish state, with secure, recognized and defensible borders. Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided. Barack Obama

The major wars that the U.S. became involved in are all ethically defensible. Liu Xiaobo

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