self-defence

Noun

Meaning

See Self-defense.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

self defence

Synonyms

self-defense self-protection fender ward guard protection defense defend defensive defence self-preservation defensibility defending defense mechanism defends
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Antonyms

attack strike offensive assault protest massacre
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Hypernyms

protection

Hyponyms

martial art

Examples

Lying is the most simple form of self-defence. Susan Sontag

The academic mind, as we know, is sometimes capable of assuming an aggressive attitude. The official mind, on the contrary, is and has to be, expert in the art of self-defence. Ronald Fisher

For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other's good intentions. Margaret Thatcher

Humour has always been a self-defence mechanism for me. Brooke Shields

Those who call us terrorists wish to prevent world public opinion from discovering the truth about us and from seeing the justice on our faces. They seek to bide the terrorism and tyranny of their acts, and our own posture of self-defence. Yasser Arafat

Your case no tame expedients will afford, Resolve on death or conquest by the sword, Which for no less a stake than life you draw, And self-defence is Nature's eldest law. John Dryden

Close letter words and terms

self-defeating personality disorder self-defeating prophecy self-defeating pursuit self-defense self-defense art self-defense wound