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nonintervention
CIDE DICTIONARY
nonintervention, n.
The state or habit of not intervening or interfering; as, the nonintervention of one state in the affairs of another. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
nonintervention
autarky, avoidance, avoiding reaction, bimetallism, capitalism, circumvention, defense mechanism, dodge, duck, economic self-sufficiency, elusion, elusiveness, equivocation, escape, evasion, evasive action, evasiveness, forbearance, forestalling, forestallment, free competition, free enterprise, free trade, getting around, governmentalism, isolationism, jink, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, laissez-faireism, let-alone policy, let-alone principle, liberalism, line, localism, managed currency, neutrality, noninterference, noninvolvement, nullification, party line, party principle, planned economy, policy, polity, position, prevention, price supports, protection, protectionism, public policy, pump-priming, refraining, sectionalism, self-regulating market, shunning, shunting off, shy, sidestep, sidetracking, slip, the runaround, zigzagROGET THESAURUS
nonintervention
Inaction
N inaction, passiveness, abstinence from action, noninterference, nonintervention, Fabian policy, conservative policy, neglect, inactivity, rest, quiescence, want of occupation, inoccupation, idle hours, time hanging on one's hands, dolce far niente, sinecure, featherbed, featherbedding, cushy job, no-show job, soft snap, soft thing, not doing, not done, undone, passive, unoccupied, unemployed, out of employ, out of work, fallow, desaeuvre, re infecta, at a stand, les bras croisis, with folded arms, with the hands in the pockets, with the hands behind one's back, pour passer le temps, Int, so let it be!, stop!, hands off!, cunctando restituit rem, If it ain't broke don't fix it, stare decisis, let the decision stand.For further exploring for "nonintervention" in Webster Dictionary Online