adjective
definition
Not violent; without violence; following a philosophy of nonviolence; the opposite of violent.
Examples of nonviolent in a Sentence
Truancy is a gateway to serious violent and nonviolent crime.
At some sites there will be acts of nonviolent civil disobedience.
We then started letting him try a few other, nonviolent games, like SSX Snowboarding, and Gran Turismo, and his all time favorite, ATV Offroad.
He also linked Gandhian principled nonviolence with the pragmatic nonviolent direct action of the syndicalists.
Education and training in skills of nonviolent conflict resolution are also important components of a successful treatment plan.
During the civil rights movement, Bond founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and participated in many civil rights protests and African American voter registration efforts.
Civil Liberties watchdog groups immediately took a stand against the bill, making it very clear that attempts to censor the internet of any sort of speech would trample over every citizen's basic right to nonviolent dissent.