non-violent

See also: nonviolent

English

Alternative forms

• nonviolent

Etymology

From non- +‎ violent.

Adjective

non-violent (not comparable)

1. (Of a deed, event etc.) Without violence.

   Synonym: unviolent

   Antonym: violent

2. (Of a person or movement) Opposed to violence.

   Synonyms: irenic, pacific; see also Thesaurus:peaceable

   Antonym: violent

3. (Of a convict) Sentenced for a crime that did not involve violence. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

   Antonym: violent

Related terms

• non-violence

Translations

without violence

• Armenian: ոչ բռնի (očʻ bṙni)
• Dutch: geweldloos (nl), niet-gewelddadig
• Finnish: rauhanomainen
• French: non violent
• German: gewaltlos (de), gewaltfrei (de)
• Macedonian: ненасилен (nenasilen)
• Russian: ненаси́льственный (ru) (nenasílʹstvennyj)

opposed to violence

• Dutch: geweldloos (nl), vredelievend (nl)
• German: gewaltlos (de), gewaltfrei (de), friedliebend (de)
• Macedonian: ненасилен (nenasilen)
• Russian: ненаси́льственный (ru) (nenasílʹstvennyj)

incarcerated for a crime that did not involve violence

• Dutch: niet-gewelddadig

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• Czech: nenásilný (cs)
• Finnish: väkivallaton (fi)
• Hungarian: erőszakmentes (hu)
• Manx: ^{(please verify)} oayllaashagh
• Maori: taikore
• Spanish: no violento

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

non-violent (feminine non-violente, masculine plural non-violents, feminine plural non-violentes)

1. non-violent

Further reading

• “non-violent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.