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self-defence

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self-defence
1. boxing as a means of defending the person (esp in the phrase noble art of self-defence)
2. 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


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Horser, but I am never without the means of self-defence," Mr.
He had killed the woman in defence of his own life and the life of his sister; and every one had a right to slay in self-defence, except as against the king or those who did the king's bidding.
All the healthy instincts of self-defence rose up in him against such waste.
 
 
 
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