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self-defensive
Variant of self-defense
noun
- defense of oneself or of one's rights, beliefs, actions, etc.
- the skill of boxingusually in the phrase manly art of self-defense
- Law the right to defend oneself with whatever force is reasonably necessary against actual or threatened violence
Related Forms:
- self-defensive adjective
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