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Nonviolence

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Noun
  1. 1
    A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts. uncountable, usually

    "From this theological perspective, the spectrum of violences has to give way to a spectrum of nonviolences."

  2. 2
    peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate wordnet

Etymology

From non- + violence.

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