Nonviolent

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  • adjective. peacefully resistant in response to injustice; not using violence; -- used of protests and demonstrations. Opposite of violent.
  • adjective. achieved without bloodshed. Contrasted with bloody.
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  • adjective. Not violent; without violence; following a philosophy of nonviolence; the opposite of violent
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  • adjective. abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence
  • adjective. achieved without bloodshed