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
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
Rabin declared last February that he would never surrender the passes for anything less than an Egyptian declaration of nonbelligerency.
From Time Magazine Archive
At this point, Sadat cannot agree to a formal declaration of nonbelligerency, which Israel demands in return for withdrawing from the Mitla and Giddi passes and surrendering the Abu Rudeis oilfields in the Sinai desert.
From Time Magazine Archive
The government's answer might be that it does in fact have a kind of declaration of nonbelligerency.
From Time Magazine Archive
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