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non-violent

adjective nonviolent

  1. not comparable Of a deed, event etc., without violence.

    Similar: unviolent · Opposite: violent

  2. not comparable Of a person or movement, opposed to violence. The measure asked Gov. Ronald Reagan to declare April 4 Martin Luther King Jr. day as a memorial to "the nation's leading advocate of loving non-violent action."

    Similar: irenic, pacific, anti-bellicist, dovelike, dovish, irenical, non-violent, pacifist, pacifistic, peaceable, peaceful, unaggressive · Opposite: violent

  3. not comparable Of a convict, sentenced for a crime that did not involve violence.

    Opposite: violent

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adj without violence

Françaisnon violent
Deutschgewaltlos, gewaltfrei
Русскийненаси́льственный nenasílʹstvennyj

adj opposed to violence

Deutschgewaltlos, gewaltfrei, friedliebend
Русскийненаси́льственный nenasílʹstvennyj

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@misc{non_violent_2026,
  title = {non-violent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/non-violent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}