Match each requirement for a successful claim of self-defense with its definition.
-Proportionality
A) Subject to a few exceptions, for self-defense to apply, the nonaggressor must use no more force than is necessary to repel the aggressor.
B) Generally speaking, if the person threatened has the option of retreat or otherwise not using force in kind, that is the option that should be pursued.
C) "[T]he law of self-defense is designed to afford protection to one who is beset by an aggressor and confronted by a necessity not of his own making."
D) This requirement is sometimes likened to "necessity," the idea that force is necessary in order to protect one from a threat.
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