in self-defense

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in self-defense - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Self-defense \Self`-de*fense"\, n.
     The act of defending one's own person, property, or
     reputation.
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     In self-defense (Law), in protection of self, -- it being
        permitted in law to a party on whom a grave wrong is
        attempted to resist the wrong, even at the peril of the
        life of the assailiant. --Wharton.
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