noncoercive
- a word derived from coercive.
Example Sentences
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The money planned for new psychiatric facilities would be better spent on implementing noncoercive treatment models statewide.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2023
There are many people who want help but choose homelessness over such “care,” which is why many researchers advocate for noncoercive, supportive housing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2023
The amendment would enshrine in law an executive order that President Obama signed in 2009 permitting only noncoercive interrogation methods.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2015
Serious interrogators have little doubt that we would have gotten better information from KSM, and sooner, had the interrogations been conducted by professional interrogators using noncoercive techniques.
From Slate • Mar. 3, 2010
Belatedly, the State Department moved to keep her in the country by preventing her Aeroflot jetliner from taking off until, in the words of Deputy Secretary Warren Christopher, she could be interviewed in "noncoercive surroundings."
From Time Magazine Archive
