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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Nonresistant \Non're*sist"ant\, adjective Making no resistance. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Nonresistant \Non're*sist"ant\, noun 1. One who maintains that no resistance should be made to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute submission. 2. One who holds that violence should never be resisted by force; especially, a reformer who believes in passive resistance. Syn: passive resister. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: noun 1: a reformer who believes in passive resistance [syn: {passive resister}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: adjective 1: (often followed by 'to') likely to be affected with; "liable to diabetes" [syn: {liable(p)}, {nonimmune}, {unresistant}] 2: offering no resistance |
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