#self-defense
- To defend oneself — To defend oneself; to directly sustain one's own interests, rights, innocence, or point of view before a court of law, an authority, or accusations brought by others, without necessarily relying on the assistance of a lawyer or legal representative; also, to physically protect oneself against an aggression or external attack through one's own efforts.
- Self-defense — The act of defending oneself or its result; a set of measures, physical techniques, tactics, or legal arguments used by a person to protect their life, bodily integrity, rights, or dignity against an attack, aggression, or unfounded external accusations; self-defense.
- Self-protection — The act of protecting oneself and its result; a set of measures, techniques, devices, or behavioral strategies that an individual, community, or technical system independently implements to ensure physical, legal, cyber, or emotional integrity against threats. In labor legislation and industrial safety, it defines individual structural protocols applied by operators to prevent accidents in high-risk working environments.