nonviolent
Americanadjective
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not violent; free of violence.
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peacefully resistant, as in response to or protest against injustice, especially on moral or philosophical grounds.
Other Word Forms
- nonviolently adverb
Etymology
Origin of nonviolent
Example Sentences
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Others carried signs for “Good Trouble,” a phrase calling people to nonviolent protest coined by the late Democratic Rep. John Lewis, whose district included Decatur.
The Yellow Vests were mostly nonviolent and had little or no experience of mass mobilization.
From Salon
In the following years, they built a flourishing movement fighting for farmworkers’ rights, employing marches, fasts and other nonviolent protest actions.
From Los Angeles Times
He deployed nonviolent tactics—including boycotts, marches and hunger strikes—to win rights for farmworkers.
The group had gathered at the Quaker Meeting House in Westminster for what was billed as "nonviolent direct action training".
From BBC
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