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Passive resistance

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Noun
  1. 1
    noncompliance with an authority as a form of protest against injustice, as by fasting, peaceful demonstration, or refusal to cooperate

    "On June 2, Gandhiji declared in an interview that passive resistance was inevitable if Government failed to meet Indian demands."

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

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