Defn: Deceived or misled respecting one's self by one's own mistake or error.
SELF-DECEPTION
Self`-de*cep"tion, n.
Defn: Self-deceit.
SELF-DEFENCE
Self`-de*fence", n.
Defn: See Self-defense.
SELF-DEFENSE
Self`-de*fense", n.
Defn: The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation. 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.
SELF-DEFENSIVE
Self`-de*fen"sive, a.
Defn: Defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property, or reputation.
SELF-DEGRADATION
Self`-deg`ra*da"tion, n.