non·belligerency \“+\noun Etymology:non- (I) + belligerency 1.: the status of not being at war : the status of not being a belligerent 2.: the status or attitude of a country that refrains from direct participation in a war but openly favors and usually gives unneutral aid in varying degree and kind to one of the belligerents < after the fall of France the United States shifted to nonbelligerency and intervention — A.P.Whitaker >