self-defense

English

Alternative forms

• self defense
• self-defence
• self defence

Etymology

self- +‎ defense

Noun

Wikipedia self-defense (uncountable)

1. The means of defending oneself from physical attack.
2. (law) The right to protect oneself against violence by using reasonable force, especially when used as justification in a murder charge.

Translations

means of defending oneself from attack

• Catalan: autodefensa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自衛 (cmn), 自卫 (cmn) (zìwèi), 護身 (cmn), 护身 (cmn) (hùshēn)

• Czech: sebeobrana (cs) f
• Dutch: zelfverdediging (nl) f
• Finnish: itsepuolustus (fi)
• French: auto-défense (fr) f
• German: Selbstverteidigung (de) f
• Greek: αυτοάμυνα (el) (aftoámyna) f

• Japanese: 自己防衛 (ja) (じこぼうえい, jiko-bōei)
• Malay: silat (ms)
• Polish: samoobrona (pl) f
• Russian: самооборона (ru) (samooboróna) f
• Serbo-Croatian: samoodbrana (sh), samoobrana (sh)
• Spanish: autodefensa (es) f
• Swedish: självförsvar (sv) n
• Tamil: தற்காப்பு (ta) (taṟkāppu)

(law) Defense for oneself against violence

• Finnish: itsepuolustus (fi)
• French: légitime défense (fr) f
• German: Selbstverteidigung (de) f
• Greek: αυτοάμυνα (el) (aftoámyna) f

• Russian: самооборона (ru) (samooboróna) f, самозащита (ru) (samozaščíta) f
• Serbo-Croatian: samoodbrana (sh)
• Swedish: nödvärn (sv) n