From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
nonviolent \nonviolent\ adjective
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]:
adjective
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
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