Self-defense Definition

sĕlfdĭ-fĕns
noun
Defense of oneself when physically attacked.
Took a course in self-defense.
American Heritage
Defense of oneself or of one's rights, beliefs, actions, etc.
Webster's New World
The skill of boxing.
Webster's New World
The use of force against another person as permitted by the law when that person is perceived as presenting an immediate or imminent threat to one's own life or safety.
American Heritage
The right to defend oneself with whatever force is reasonably necessary against actual or threatened violence.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Description of actions taken to protect oneself, as in a shooting of a perpetrator by a police officer upon whom the perpetrator has pulled a gun.
Webster's New World Law

Origin of Self-defense

  • self- +"Ž defense

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Self-defense Sentence Examples

  • I'm going to teach you some self-defense.

  • The Iraqi forces continue to exercise their legitimate right to self-defense and the Iraqi government justly points the finger at the aggressor.

  • She glanced around the room for something to use in self-defense.

  • Regardless of what she had said, he couldn't conceive of her killing someone with the possible exception of self-defense or protection of another.

  • The issue is whether the violence used in self-defense was proportional to the harm inflicted and to the reasonable apprehension of future harm.

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