1. The act of defending yourself
   - self-defense [US], self-defence [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: self-protections

Type of: protection

Encyclopedia: Self-protection

• cat's-tail
• cat-o'-nine-tails
• cata-cornered
• catabatic
• catabatic wind
• catabiosis
• catabolic
• catabolise
• catabolism
• catabolize
• Catacala
• catachresis
• catachrestic
• catachrestical
• cataclinal
• cataclysm
• cataclysmal
• cataclysmic
• catacomb
• catacorner
• catadromous
• catafalque
• Cataflam
• Catalan
• catalase