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Definition of non-violent in English: non-violentadjective ˌnɒnˈvʌɪələnt Using peaceful means rather than force, especially to bring about political or social change. he regarded hunger strikes as a powerful form of non-violent protest Example sentencesExamples - The boycott is a powerful, and non-violent, method of creating international pressure for change.
- One in four inmates in federal and state prisons is in for drug-related offences, most non-violent.
- Our prisons are already filled with non-violent drug offenders, many serving mandatory sentences of 15 years to life for small amounts of drugs.
- Although advocating non-violent protest, it proposes insurrection as a last resort.
- This was one of the first examples of non-violent civil disobedience.
- Thus was born satyagraha, or non-violent resistance.
- In abandoning non-violent mass action or worker organization they fatally weakened themselves.
- There are different approaches, but the non-violent, democratic approach is growing in popularity.
- The protesters remained calm and non-violent.
- They should fight for freedom in a non-violent way, using non-coperation and protests, and without taking human life.
- This played a central role in shaping Ghandi's thinking toward mass non-violent action.
- Activists organize non-violent action, including consumer boycotts.
- He organized protest marches and other tools of non-violent passive resistance.
- The law mandates treatment, not jail, for non-violent, first time drug offenders.
Derivatives adverb She helped them to fight (legally and non-violently) against the expropriation of their property by ruthless opportunists. Example sentencesExamples - Just remember to act ethically, morally and non-violently.
- Let us all work non-violently together for Christ's peace.
- At his court hearing he called upon people to non-violently resist war and oppression.
- But Martin Luther King led his people to protest non-violently.
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