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say it: self-di-FENS
self-defence is a noun meaning "the act of defending yourself". It is pronounced /ˌsɛlfdɪˈfɛns/ — self-di-FENS. It carries one recorded sense.
the act of defending yourself
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for self-defence come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.