"defendable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: [dɪˈfɛndəbəɫ] [UK] Forms: more defendable [comparative], most defendable [superlative]
Etymology: From Old French deffendable (French défendable), from défendre + -able. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|deffendable}} Old French deffendable Head templates: {{en-adj}} defendable (comparative more defendable, superlative most defendable)
  1. Capable of being defended. Synonyms: defensible Derived forms: defendability, defendably, undefendable Translations (capable of being defended): defensebla (Ido), difendibile (Italian), sostenibile (Italian), tenibile (Italian), so-choadey (Manx)
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