nonviolent

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
nonviolent
    adj 1: abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence [ant:
           {violent}]
    2: achieved without bloodshed; "an unbloody transfer of power"
       [syn: {nonviolent}, {unbloody}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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

    

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