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• Non-violence

  [non-vahy-uh-luh ns] /nɒnˈvaɪ ə ləns/ noun 1. absence or lack of ; state or condition of avoiding . 2. the policy, practice, or technique of refraining from the use of , especially when reacting to or protesting against oppression, injustice, discrimination, or the like. /nɒnˈvaɪələns/ noun 1. abstention from the use of physical force to […]

• Nonviolent

  [non-vahy-uh-luh nt] /nɒnˈvaɪ ə lənt/ adjective 1. not ; free of violence. 2. peacefully resistant, as in response to or protest against injustice, especially on moral or philosophical grounds.

• Non-violent

  [non-vahy-uh-luh nt] /nɒnˈvaɪ ə lənt/ adjective 1. not ; free of violence. 2. peacefully resistant, as in response to or protest against injustice, especially on moral or philosophical grounds. adj. also nonviolent, 1896, from non- + violent. From 1920 in reference to “principle or practice of abstaining from violence,” in writings of M.K. Gandhi. It […]

• Nonviolent resistance

  Refusal to obey a law considered unjust; civil disobedience. Note: Mahatma Gandhi urged and practiced nonviolent resistance during the efforts to win independence for India from Britain in the early twentieth century. Note: African-Americans in the civil rights movement often practiced nonviolent resistance in the South in the 1960s — for example, by sitting-in at […]

• Nonvirtue

  [vur-choo] /ˈvɜr tʃu/ noun 1. moral excellence; goodness; righteousness. 2. conformity of one’s life and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness; rectitude. 3. chastity; virginity: to lose one’s virtue. 4. a particular moral excellence. Compare , , . 5. a good or admirable quality or property: the virtue of knowing one’s weaknesses. 6. effective […]

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