nonkilling
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nonkilling
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From non- + killing.
adjective non-killing
- Not engaging in killing. Hunger does not normally induce frog killing in a nonkilling laboratory rat. However, if that rat has had the experience of watching a rat kill frogs, ....
noun nonkillings · non-killing
- Lack of killing; permitting to live. […] respect of harmlessness to living beings and nonkilling of living beings.
- An action or occurrence other than a direct killing (but possibly having a similar effect). […] then its death is a moral wrong even if the result of "nonkillings" will be a marked decrease in the population of that part of the animal kingdom.
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noun A precept or worldview
| Español | no-matar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 비살생 bisalsaeng |
| 日本語 | 不殺生 fusesshō |
| 中文 | 無殺戮 /无杀戮 wú shālù |
| Português | não matar |
| Français | non-meurtre |
| Italiano | nonuccidere |
| Ελληνικά | απόλεμος apólemos |
| Română | nonucidere |
| Русский | неприя́тие уби́йства neprijátije ubíjstva |
| العربية | لَا قَتْل lā qatl |
| עברית | אל־הרג al héreg |
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@misc{nonkilling_2026,
title = {nonkilling},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nonkilling},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
