Cesar Chavez asked that strikers remain non-violent even though farm owners and their supporters sometimes used violence.
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Non-violent
Synonyms for "non-violent" (12 found)
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Adjective(3 words)
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Related words (6)
Adjective(6 words)
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17 translations across 7 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ոչ բռնի adj (without violence)
Dutch
4 entries- geweldloos adj (without violence)
- geweldloos adj (opposed to violence)
- niet-gewelddadig adj (without violence)
- niet-gewelddadig adj (incarcerated for a crime that did not involve violence)
Finnish
1 entries- rauhanomainen adj (without violence)
French
1 entries- non violent adj (without violence)
German
4 entries- friedliebend adj (opposed to violence)
- gewaltfrei adj (without violence)
- gewaltfrei adj (opposed to violence)
- gewaltlos adj (without violence)
Macedonian
2 entries- ненасилен adj (without violence)
- ненасилен adj (opposed to violence)
Russian
2 entries- ненаси́льственный adj (without violence)
- ненаси́льственный adj (opposed to violence)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The President continues to support funding for drug courts, which give first-time, non-violent offenders a chance to serve their sentence, if appropriate, in drug rehabilitation programs that have proven to work better than prison terms in changing behavior.
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The BDS is a non-violent movement.
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We have the right to do non-violent actions to denounce Israel's apartheid policies.
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