nonviolence

non·vi·o·lence

N0148300 (nŏn-vī′ə-ləns)n.1. Lack of violence.2. The doctrine, policy, or practice of rejecting violence in favor of peaceful tactics as a means of gaining political objectives.

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non·vi′o·lent adj.non·vi′o·lent·ly adv.

nonviolence

(nɒnˈvaɪələns) nabstention from the use of physical force to achieve goals nonˈviolent adj nonˈviolently adv

non•vi•o•lence

(nɒnˈvaɪ ə ləns)

n. 1. absence or lack of violence. 2. the policy or practice of refraining from the use of violence, as in protesting oppressive authority. [1915–20] non•vi′o•lent, adj.

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nonviolence - peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperatenonviolent resistance, passive resistancedirect action - a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demandshunger strike - a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protestSatyagraha - the form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms