defendable

Thân thiện

The castle on the hill is a defendable fortress.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Capable of being defended: Able to be protected, guarded, or justified against attack, criticism, or challenge.

Usage

• The word "defendable" describes a position, argument, idea, or physical location that can be supported, protected, or maintained successfully.
• It is often used in contexts of debate, military strategy, law, and logic to indicate that something is not easily refuted or overrun.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The hilltop provided a defendable position against the advancing army.
  • Her thesis on climate change is logically sound and entirely defendable.
  • From a legal standpoint, the company's actions were defendable under the existing regulations.

Advanced Usage

• "Militarily defendable": Refers specifically to a location that can be protected from armed assault.
  • The castle was chosen as the capital because it was the most militarily defendable location in the region.
• "Philosophically defendable": Describes an idea or ethical stance that can be supported with reasoned arguments.
  • Utilitarianism is a philosophically defendable framework for many public policy decisions.

Variants and Related Words

• Defend (verb): To protect from harm or danger; to support or justify by argument.
  • Soldiers defend the border.
• Defensible (adjective): An alternative and more common synonym for "defendable," with identical meaning.
  • The lawyer argued that his client's actions were defensible.
• Defender (noun): A person who defends someone or something.
  • She is a fierce defender of human rights.
• Defense (noun): The action of defending from or resisting attack; the case presented by or on behalf of the party being accused or sued.
  • The country spent billions on its national defense.

Synonyms

• Tenable: Able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
• Justifiable: Capable of being shown to be right or reasonable; defensible.
• Supportable: Able to be upheld or defended as valid or correct.

Antonyms

• Indefensible: Not justifiable by argument; unable to be protected against attack.
• Untenable: (Especially of a position or view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
• Vulnerable: Susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of being defended

Từ đồng nghĩa

• defensible