Nonviolent

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  nonviolent \nonviolent\ adj.
     1. peacefully resistant in response to injustice; not using
        violence; -- used of protests and demonstrations; as,
        nonviolent resistance. Opposite of {violent}.
  
     Syn: passive, peaceful.


          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. achieved without bloodshed. Contrasted with {bloody}.
  
     Syn: unbloody, bloodless.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nonviolent
       adj 1: abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence [ant: {violent}]
       2: achieved without bloodshed; "an unbloody transfer of power"
          [syn: {unbloody}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "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,
     unmilitary