Noun
The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation.
Source: Webster's dictionarySelf Defense
A bloodthirsty pet owner stabbed her helpless pet cat with a sharp kitchen knife – then claimed she had acted in self-defense, police say. Source: Internet
About 1,200 Marines, sailors and the Japanese Ground Self Defense Forces trained as part of the U.S. Japan postwar defense alliance. Source: Internet
According to Buttinger, the distribution of weapons to village self-defense militias intended to repel Việt Cộng guerrillas saw weapons only given to Catholics. Source: Internet
Absolute pacifism An absolute pacifist is generally described by the British Broadcasting Corporation as one who believes that human life is so valuable, that a human should never be killed and war should never be conducted, even in self-defense. Source: Internet
According to Grotius, letters of marque and reprisal were akin to a "private war", a concept alien to modern sensibilities but related to an age when the ocean was lawless and all merchant vessels sailed armed for self-defense. Source: Internet
A defense attorney for Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, has said in court filings that Walker fired in self-defense because police did not announce themselves and he thought officers were breaking in. Source: Internet