nonviolent
[non-vahy-uh-luh nt]
- not violent; free of violence.
- peacefully resistant, as in response to or protest against injustice, especially on moral or philosophical grounds.
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Origin of nonviolent
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Examples from the Web for non-violent
Contemporary Examples
An investment in creating a non-violent world for adolescent girls will have many positive impacts.
“If we want to see Palestinians making the choice of non-violent resistance, that choice has to be incentivized,” said Munayyer.
In 2010, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China."
The protest at Recapture Canyon was non-violent, though there were guns present.
About half of all illegal aliens deported since 2009 have either been immigration crimes or non-violent misdemeanors.
Historical Examples
It will be destroyed if it is not kept by non-violent method.
India for IndiansC. R. (Chittaranjan) Das
She didn't fit into the bland, non-violent world of Malcomb and Hoppy.
Star PerformerRobert J. Shea
It proposes to do so only by means that are honourable and non-violent.
Freedom's BattleMahatma Gandhi
The success of non-violent coercion is by no means assured in every case.
Introduction to Non-ViolenceTheodore Paullin
This group derives much of its inspiration from Gandhi and his non-violent movement for Indian independence.
Introduction to Non-ViolenceTheodore Paullin
Word Origin and History for non-violent
adj.
also nonviolent, 1896, from non- + violent. From 1920 in reference to "principle or practice of abstaining from violence," in writings of M.K. Gandhi.
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence. [Gandhi, "Non-violence in Peace and War," 1948]
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