self-defense

English

Alternative forms

self defense
self-defence
self defence

Etymology

self- +‎ defense. First used by Hobbes in the 1650s.

Noun

self-defense (uncountable)

The means of defending oneself from physical attack.
(law) The right to protect oneself against violence by using reasonable force, which can be used as justification in several charges including murder, assault, and battery.

Translations

means of defending oneself from attack

Catalan: autodefensa f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 自衛 (zh), 自卫 (zh) (zìwèi), 護身 (zh), 护身 (zh) (hùshēn)
Czech: sebeobrana f
Dutch: zelfverdediging (nl) f
Faroese: sjálvverja f
Finnish: itsepuolustus (fi)
French: auto-défense f
German: Selbstverteidigung (de) f, Notwehr (de) f
Greek: αυτοάμυνα (el) f (aftoámyna)

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

(law) Defense for oneself against violence

Faroese: neyðverja f
Finnish: itsepuolustus (fi)
French: légitime défense (fr) f
German: Selbstverteidigung (de) f, Notwehr (de) f
Greek: αυτοάμυνα (el) f (aftoámyna)

Portuguese: autodefesa (pt) f
Russian: самооборо́на (ru) f (samooboróna), самозащи́та (ru) f (samozaščíta)
Serbo-Croatian: samoodbrana
Spanish: defensa propia f
Swedish: nödvärn (sv) n

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