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Tenable vs Tenableness - What's the difference?

tenable | tenableness |

As an adjective tenable

is capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded.

As a noun tenableness is

the quality of being tenable; tenability.

tenable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
    • Back in the 1800s, many did not consider Darwin's theory of evolution to be tenable at all.
  • (of a defensive structure) capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible

    • Antonyms

    * untenable

    Anagrams

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    tenableness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being tenable; tenability