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[dɪˈfɛnsɪbl], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- justifiable by argument
(e.g: a morally defensible penal system)
- able to be protected
(e.g: a fort with a defensible yard at its feet)
Phrases:
Origin
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Middle English (in the sense ‘capable of giving protective defence’): from late Latin defensibilis, from Latin defendere (see defend)
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