nonviolence

See also: non-violence

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Etymology

non- +‎ violence

Noun

nonviolence (usually uncountable, plural nonviolences)

  1. A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.
    • 2014, Jamie Pitts, Principalities and Powers:
      From this theological perspective, the spectrum of violences has to give way to a spectrum of nonviolences.

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