Definitions for defensible

defensible de·fen·si·ble

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IPA: /dɪˈfɛn sə bəl/

Defensible is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 419 anagrams from letters in defensible (bdeeefilns).

Definitions for defensible

adjective

  1. capable of being defended against assault or injury:
  2. that can be defended in argument; justifiable.

Origin of defensible

1250-1300; Middle English Late Latin defēnsibilis, equivalent to Latin defēns(us) (see defense) + -ibilis -ible; replacing Middle English

Examples for defensible

The change could be defensible, but Justice Stevens does not offer any detailed defense of this change.

This attitude toward life is defensible on the highest grounds.

The pasturing of orchards is often defensible and sometimes even desirable.

I have done many things in my political career that are not defensible.

Knoxville at this time was by no means in a defensible condition.

The reason I carry around the (defensible, I tell myself) spare tire that I do is cheese.

This decision was, in many ways, brave (not just in the Sir Humphrey sense) and defensible, but it came at a price.

Of course, this rock of Orvieto is the most defensible position in Italy.

He also believed, as a matter of political prudence, that the commercials had to be defensible on matters of fact.

You may quibble with any of these choices, but as tax subsidies go, they are the most defensible.

Word Value for defensible
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Words with friends

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