The act of defending yourself.
1Violence, unless in self-defence, is the responsibility of those who commit it.
2What are your rights to self-defence in case of a home invasion?
3These are the legal requirements of self-defence: The attack must be unlawful.
4Unpalatable though it may be, we must consider the question of self-defence.
5True, Daughter of the Sun; yet it was done only in self-defence.
6The act of self-defence was necessary to prevent the attack from escalating.
7An Israeli military spokesman had no immediate comment on the self-defence patrols.
8She is offering self-defence classes in August to mark National Women's Month.
9I think we could assume her actions were on some level self-defence.
10But it was the Germans who forced them to fight in self-defence.
11He had said he did it in self-defence and to protect himself.
12He did not throw himself back on the natural right of self-defence.
13China built limited defence facilities on the islands and reefs for self-defence.
14Mine was forced from the scabbard in self-defence, and I am guiltless.
15The quietness with which Alice accepted his revelation encouraged him in self-defence.
16The prosecution concluded last week that Decoire was shot in legitimate self-defence.
Translations for self-defence