Defensible
91tenable — I adjective acceptable, befitting, believable, capable of being maintained, defendable, defensible, dependable, deserving, fitting, immune, imperdible, impregnable, inviolable, invulnerable, justifiable, legitimate, logical, maintainable,… …
92Sidgwick, Henry — Sidgwick C.A.J.Coady Unlike John Stuart Mill or Jeremy Bentham, Henry Sidgwick’s is hardly a household name in intellectual circles beyond the world of professional philosophy. His standing amongst many contemporary moral philosophers as possibly …
93excusable — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pardonable, forgivable, understandable, justifiable, reasonable, defensible, permissible, trivial, passable, slight, minor, vindicable, vindicatory, exculpatory, warrantable, plausible, allowable, venial, remissible,… …
94justifiable — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. defensible, warrantable, legitimate, proper; see excusable , fit 1 , logical 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Capable of being justified: defensible, excusable, tenable. See FORGIVENESS, RIGHT …
95Safety — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Safety >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 safety safety security surety impregnability Sgm: N 1 invulnerability invulnerability invulnerableness &c.???adj. Sgm: N 1 danger past danger past danger over Sgm …
96indefensible — (adj.) 1520s, from IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + DEFENSIBLE (Cf. defensible). Related: Indefensibly …
97-able — able, ible 1. general. These two suffixes are derived from Latin endings abilis and ibilis, either directly or through Old French. Of the two, able is an active suffix that can be freely added to the stems of transitive verbs, whereas the set of… …
98-ible — able, ible 1. general. These two suffixes are derived from Latin endings abilis and ibilis, either directly or through Old French. Of the two, able is an active suffix that can be freely added to the stems of transitive verbs, whereas the set of… …
99Defendable — De*fend a*ble (d[ e]*f[e^]nd [.a]*b l), a. [Cf. F. d[ e]fendable.] Capable of being defended; defensible. [R.] [1913 Webster] …
100Fortified — Fortify For ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fortified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fortifying}.] [F. fortifier, L. fortificare; fortis strong + ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Fort}, and { fy}.] 1. To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with …
