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defensible

 adjective
     
de‧fen‧si‧ble
1 a defensible opinion, idea, or action seems reasonable, and you can easily support it [≠ indefensible]:
a morally defensible prison system
2 a defensible building or area is easy to protect against attack
—defensibly adverb
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