nonviolent – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
nonviolent
adj.
not violent; nonaggressive
Nonviolence
Nonviolence is the personal practice of being harmless to self and others under every condition. It comes from the belief that hurting people, animals or the environment is unnecessary to achieve an outcome and refers to a general philosophy of abstention from violence based on moral, religious or spiritual principles.
nonviolent
Adjective
1. abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence
(antonym) violent
(similar) passive, peaceful
(see-also) peaceful
2. achieved without bloodshed; "an unbloody transfer of power"
(synonym) unbloody
(similar) bloodless
nonviolent
Synonyms and related words:
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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