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NONVIOLENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Achieved without bloodshed
Example:
an unbloody transfer of power
Synonyms:
nonviolent; unbloody
Classified under:
Similar:
bloodless (free from blood or bloodshed)
Derivation:
nonviolence (peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence
Classified under:
Similar:
passive; peaceful (peacefully resistant in response to injustice)
Also:
peaceable; peaceful (not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war)
unprovocative; unprovoking (not provocative)
Antonym:
violent (acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity)
Derivation:
nonviolence (peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate)
