ALL meanings of self-defense
self-de·fense
S s - noun self-defense justifying yourself 1
- noun self-defense skill: fending off attack 1
- noun self-defense law: protecting self and family 1
- noun self-defense the act of defending one's person when physically attacked, as by countering blows or overcoming an assailant: the art of self-defense. 1
- noun self-defense a claim or plea that the use of force or injuring or killing another was necessary in defending one's own person from physical attack: He shot the man who was trying to stab him and pleaded self-defense at the murder trial. 1
- noun self-defense an act or instance of defending or protecting one's own interests, property, ideas, etc., as by argument or strategy. 1
- uncountable noun self-defense Self-defense is the use of force to protect yourself against someone who is attacking you. 0
- uncountable noun self-defense Self-defense is the action of protecting yourself against something bad. 0
- noun self-defense defense of oneself or of one's rights, beliefs, actions, etc. 0
- noun self-defense the skill of boxing 0
- noun self-defense the right to defend oneself with whatever force is reasonably necessary against actual or threatened violence 0