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Princeton's WordNet

  1. self-defense, self-defence, self-protectionnoun

    the act of defending yourself

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  1. self-defence

    Self-defence refers to the legal use of force, often violent, to protect oneself or others from physical harm, danger, or potential attack. This includes actions taken in the anticipation or immediate aftermath of a threat or aggression, where there is no safe or practical chance to retreat or escape. The right to self-defence depends on local laws, and the force used in defense must usually be proportionate to the threat faced.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Self-defencenoun

    see Self-defense

Wikidata

  1. Self-defence

    In the criminal law of Australia, self-defence may be a complete defence to criminal liability for causing injury or death in defence of the person or, to a limited extent, property, or a partial defence to murder if the degree of force used was excessive. For the general theory, see the theory of self-defence.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of self-defence in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of self-defence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of self-defence in a Sentence

  1. Slobodan Jovicic:

    He (Mayers) believes he was assaulted and has acted in self-defence.

  2. Daniel Suneson:

    In a putative self-defence situation, the violence must still be proportionate. Here we have three people delivering kicks and punches to a person lying down, the three should be convicted of assault according to my description of events.

  3. Philip Aguer:

    On Wednesday it was the rebels attacking the SPLA in Nhialdiu and the SPLA repulsed them. There are casualties but we don't have the details up to now, definitely, the army command will implement the government policy and we will only fight in self-defence if the rebels attack our positions.

  4. Kenzaburo Oe:

    By exercising collective self-defence, Japan will directly participate in a war, i’m afraid that Japan’s spirit is approaching its most dangerous stage in the past 100 years.

  5. Alan Dupont:

    If you look at before this set of legislation and related changes, it was a pretty ludicrous situation where Japanese Self-Defence Forces could barely do anything worthy of the name of defense forces except in a major attack on Japan, i'd say they've moved from 25 percent to 50 percent. It's like a doubling of their flexibility and capacity to deploy forces overseas, but we're still 50 percent short of what the industry standard is.

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