Nonconfrontation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Avoidance of confrontation. uncountable

    "Mr. Obama, pursuing a front-runner’s strategy of nonconfrontation after winning 11 straight contests, mostly defended his positions and views, though he said he and his team had not “whined” about the Clinton camp’s attacks on him."

  2. 2
    A situation that is not a confrontation. countable

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"Mr. Obama, pursuing a front-runner’s strategy of nonconfrontation after winning 11 straight contests, mostly defended his positions and views, though he said he and his team had not “whined” about the Clinton camp’s attacks on him."

Etymology

From non- + confrontation.

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