tenable
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tenable/ˈtenəbl/
▶adjective
- 1 able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
- 2 (of an office, position, etc.) able to be held or used: a scholarship tenable for three years.
– derivatives
tenability noun.
tenability noun.
– origin C16: from Fr., from tenir ‘to hold’.
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