nonbelligerency
Americannoun
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the state or status of not participating in a war.
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the status or policy of a nation that does not participate openly in a war but supports the cause of one of the belligerents.
Etymology
Origin of nonbelligerency
First recorded in 1935–40; non- + belligerency
Example Sentences
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“While hardly a pacifist country,” America has, Mr. Mandelbaum writes, tried to establish peace and nonbelligerency as “a permanent condition of international affairs.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
He also backed the Israeli view that the conference should lead not just to nonbelligerency but to "real peace."
From Time Magazine Archive
There was a strong feeling in Washington that Sadat had had sound legal and political reasons for withholding the pledge of nonbelligerency that Israel demanded in return for major territorial concessions in the Sinai.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kissinger was seeking to reconcile Egypt's demand for the recovery of occupied land with Israel's insistence on some form of nonbelligerency guarantee.
From Time Magazine Archive
Equally important, they have given up their insistence that any pact include a clear-cut declaration of nonbelligerency on the part of Egypt.
From Time Magazine Archive
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