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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Defensible \De*fen"si*ble\, adjective [Cf. F. d['e]fensable, LL. defensabilis, defensibilis. See {Defense}, and cf. {Defendable}.]
1. Capable of being defended; as, a defensible city, or a defensible cause.
2. Capable of offering defense. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
defensible
adjective: capable of being defended [syn: {defendable}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "defensible": admissible, allowable, balanced, condonable, defendable, deserved, dispensable, due, equitable, even, evenhanded, excusable, exemptible, expiable, fair, fair and square, fit, forgivable, good, inoffensive, just, justifiable, justified, lawful, legal, legitimate, level, meet, meet and right, merited, pardonable, proper, reasonable, remissible, right, right and proper, rightful, square, tenable, unobjectionable, venial, vindicable, warrantable, warranted
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