non-violent

adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

express, loving, right

VERB + NON-VIOLENT

advocate, remain, using

NON-VIOLENT + NOUN

action, actions, movement

Definitions

adj

Without violence.

Opposed to violence.

The measure asked Gov. Ronald Reagan to declare April 4 Martin Luther King Jr. day as a memorial to "the nation's leading advocate of loving non-violent action."

Sentenced for a crime that did not involve violence.

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The measure asked Gov. Ronald Reagan to declare April 4 Martin Luther King Jr. day as a memorial to "the nation's leading advocate of loving non-violent action."

Wiktionary

Cesar Chavez asked that strikers remain non-violent even though farm owners and their supporters sometimes used violence.

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The BDS is a non-violent movement.

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We have the right to do non-violent actions to denounce Israel's apartheid policies.

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I'm using non-violent means to express my ideas.

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