self-preservation

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The instinctive behaviour that protects oneself from harm
preservation of yourself from harm; a natural or instinctive tendency
Self-preservation is the action of keeping yourself safe or alive in a dangerous situation, often without thinking about what you are doing. The police have the same human urge for self-preservation as the rest of us. protection of yourself and your own life in a threatening or dangerous situation
taking care of oneself, survival
selfpreservation
The preservation of one's self from destruction or injury
self-preservation
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