Word family noun violence ≠ non-violence violator violation adjective violent ≠ non-violent verb violate adverb violently
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnon-violenceˌnon-ˈviolence noun [uncountable] PPPVIOLENTthe practice of opposing a government without using violence, for example by not obeying laws → passivity She was committed to non-violence. a policy of non-violenceExamples from the Corpus
non-violence• I intend to show that marketing non-violence can be as profitable as the violence industry can be.• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi spearheaded the movement, which was largely peaceful, Gandhi being the apostle of non-violence.• Ultimately, planners adopted a policy of non-violence.• When we look at this time, and its astonishing record of non-violence, we find ourselves asking several questions.• It is the way in which ahi is implemented or put in action; it is the technique of non-violence.• At any rate, non-violence was on its way to becoming a political objective, not merely a moral one.• My goal to is to get kids to read books, and for kids to relate to a superhero that teaches non-violence.• The problems posed by this view could be related to the question whether non-violence must always be the right way. 