nonresistance

See also: non-resistance and non-résistance

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ resistance.

Noun

nonresistance (countable and uncountable, plural nonresistances)

1. Lack of resistance; not actively resisting.
   • 1894, Leo Tolstoï [i.e., Leo Tolstoy], “Introductory”, in Constance Garnett, transl., The Kingdom of God is within You: or, Christianity Not as a Mystical Doctrine, but as a New Life-conception. […], London: Walter Scott, […], →OCLC, page 2:

     I knew but little, no more than other men of what has been taught or written on the subject of non-resistance in former times.

Alternative forms

• non-resistance