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What does defensible mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word defensible? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (of an installation etc) capable of being defended against armed attack
  2. (of an argument etc) capable of being justified
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I believe people today can be attracted to a belief system that is rational and defensible.
Such a view, though defensible in theory, would destroy all semblance of coequality from a practical standpoint.
How do we make legitimate and defensible distinctions between medically necessary and superfluous therapy?
This interpretation is perfectly understandable and defensible from a moral and emotional standpoint.
Following the war, UN resolution 242 recognized the nation's right to defensible borders, to be set in negotiations.
The tactic of climbing over the side of the mountain, rather than maintaining a defensible position, was not militarily sound.

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