nonviolent

Variant of nonviolence

nonviolence definition

non·vio·lence (-vī′ə ləns)

noun

an abstaining from violence or from the use of physical force, as in efforts to obtain civil rights or in opposing government policy

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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