|  nonviolent 
 
 1. abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence
 • Ant:
 violent
 • Similar to:
 passive, peaceful
 • See Also:
 peaceful, peaceable, unprovocative, unprovoking
 • Derivationally related forms:
 nonviolence
 2. achieved without bloodshed
 - an unbloody transfer of power
 • Syn:
 unbloody
 • Similar to:
 bloodless
 • Derivationally related forms:
 nonviolence
 
 
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