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nonviolent
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective nonviolent has 2 senses
- nonviolent(a = adj.all) Array - abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence; Array Derived form noun nonviolence1
- nonviolent(s = adj.all) unbloody - achieved without bloodshed; "an unbloody transfer of power" Derived form noun nonviolence1
Antonym: violent
CIDE DICTIONARY
nonviolent, adj.
- peacefully resistant in response to injustice; not using violence; -- used of protests and demonstrations; as, nonviolent resistance. Opposite of
violent . [WordNet 1.5] - achieved without bloodshed. Contrasted with
bloody . [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
nonviolent
bland, civilian, conciliatory, dovish, gentle, irenic, judicious, mild, mild as milk, moderate, nonaggressive, noncombatant, nonmilitant, pacific, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic, peace-loving, peaceable, peaceful, prudent, sober, soft, tame, temperate, unbellicose, uncontentious, unhostile, unmilitant, unmilitary
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