Defensible synonyms

dĭ-fĕn'sə-bəl

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justifiable
That can be justified.
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proper
The definition of proper is appropriate or obeying manners and standards.
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permissible
Permitted; allowable:
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tenable
Capable of enduring or of being tolerated:
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excusable (related)
That can be excused; pardonable; justifiable
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fit (related)
Appropriate; proper:
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logical (related)
Reasoning or capable of reasoning in a clear and consistent manner:
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unjustifiable (antonym)
Impossible to excuse, pardon, or justify:
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indefensible (antonym)
Incapable of being justified or excused; inexcusable; unpardonable.
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invalid (antonym)
Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.
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vindicable (antonym)
Able to be vindicated; justifiable
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defendable
Capable of being defended.
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attack (related)
Designed or used for carrying out a hostile or aggressive attack
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forgiveness (related)
Capable of being justified
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right (related)
In or into a satisfactory state or condition:
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supportable (related)
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unsound (related)
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Find another word for defensible. In this page you can discover 17 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for defensible, like: justifiable, proper, permissible, tenable, excusable, fit, logical, unjustifiable, indefensible, invalid and vindicable.
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Defensible Sentence Examples

  • They were applied to other P Y PP uses less justifiable or defensible; they served to execute the will of the despotic master upon all who set themselves in opposition to his authority, or were decreed, more or less wisely but still arbitrarily, by a government in the best interests of society, organized for the general good.

  • Almost immediately afterwards an agitation of a still less defensible character broke out in various towns under the guise of anti-clericalism.

  • With this use of the word, philologically inexact, but historically quite defensible, may be compared the use of the word English, which is not exactly the language of the Angles, or of the word French, which is not exactly the language of the Franks.

  • On the other hand, his desertion of the army on the 5th of December, not long after the crossing of the river Beresina, is a thoroughly defensible act.

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