Thesaurus: self-defense

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1. n. The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation.
2. n. the act of defending yourself
3. The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation. In self-defense (Law), in protection of self, -- it being permitted in law to a party on whom a grave wrong is attempted to resist the wrong, even at the peril of the life of the assailiant. Wharton.
4. The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation.In self-defense (Law), in protection of self, -- it being permittedin law to a party on whom a grave wrong is attempted to resist thewrong, even at the peril of the life of the assailiant. Wharton.
5. n:100 n. the act of defending yourself