nonviolent \nonviolent\ adj.
1. peacefully resistant in response to injustice; not using
violence; -- used of protests and demonstrations; as,
nonviolent resistance. Opposite of violent.
Syn: passive, peaceful.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. achieved without bloodshed. Contrasted with bloody.
Syn: unbloody, bloodless.
[WordNet 1.5]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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30 Moby Thesaurus words for "nonviolent":
bland, civilian, conciliatory, dovish, gentle, irenic, judicious,
mild, mild as milk, moderate, nonaggressive, noncombatant,
nonmilitant, pacific, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic,
peace-loving, peaceable, peaceful, prudent, sober, soft, tame,
temperate, unbellicose, uncontentious, unhostile, unmilitant,
unmilitary
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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