personal defense
Protecting your own safety
Personal defense is the act of protecting oneself from physical harm or attack.
The phrase appears most often in discussions of weapons, training, or legal justification: She carries pepper spray for personal defense, personal defense classes, a personal defense firearm.
In legal contexts, it overlaps with self-defense as grounds for using force against an aggressor.
- protectionGuarding against harm
- weaponInstrument for inflicting harm
- knifeSharp cutting utensil
- pepper sprayCapsaicin-based defensive aerosol
- concealed carryLicensed hidden weapon possession
martial arts · firearm · handgun · holster · safety · threat · attacker · home invasion · vigilance · taser · stun gun · tactical flashlight · security · training · combat · close quarters · reflex · instinct
- Self-help remediesself-protection
personal defenseaggression
Hostile or attacking behavior
attack · assault · attacking · offense · preemptive strike
personal defensedefenselessness
State of being unprotected
vulnerability · helplessness · exposure · powerlessness · unguarded
personal defensenational defense
Protecting a country militarily
collective security · military defense · civil defense · public safety · state security
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