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dɪˈfɛns, ˌsɛlf- noun
1.
the act of defending one's person when physically attacked, as by countering blows or overcoming an assailant: the art of self-defense.
2.
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.
3.
an act or instance of defending or protecting one's own interests, property, ideas, etc., as by argument or strategy.
Also, especially British, self-de·fence.
Origin:
1645–55
1645–55
Related forms
self-de·fen·sive, adjective
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| self-defence | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of defending oneself, one's actions, ideas, etc |
| 2. | boxing as a means of defending the person (esp in the phrase noble art of self-defence) |
| 3. | law the right to defend one's person, family, or property against attack or threat of attack by the use of no more force than is reasonable |
| self-de'fensive | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
self-defense
1651, "act of defending oneself," first attested in Hobbes, from self + defense (q.v.). In sports sense, first with ref. to fencing (1728), then boxing (1820s).
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