Word Study
nonviolent
CIDE DICTIONARY
nonviolent, adj.
- peacefully resistant in response to injustice; not using violence; -- used of protests and demonstrations; as, nonviolent resistance. Opposite of
violent . [WordNet 1.5] - achieved without bloodshed. Contrasted with
bloody . [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
nonviolent
bland, civilian, conciliatory, dovish, gentle, irenic, judicious, mild, mild as milk, moderate, nonaggressive, noncombatant, nonmilitant, pacific, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic, peace-loving, peaceable, peaceful, prudent, sober, soft, tame, temperate, unbellicose, uncontentious, unhostile, unmilitant, unmilitaryFor further exploring for "nonviolent" in Webster Dictionary Online