nonviolent
adjective
non·vi·o·lent
ˌnän-ˈvī-ə-lənt 
: abstaining or free from violence
nonviolently
adverb
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He argued that nonviolent drug offenders should receive shorter sentences.
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However, a wave of permanent residents, green card holders, and nonviolent immigrants without legal status have been detained by ICE.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Reasons for doing this go well beyond your Catholic faith — and include your political commitments to the disabled, to authentic and nonviolent medical care, and to suicide prevention.
—Charles Camosy, New York Daily News, 4 May 2025
The pressure, and power, of nonviolent protests may still keep this administration from treading on democracy.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
As a Baptist minister and theologian, King brought nonviolent resistance to the center of the Civil Rights Movement, combining the teachings of Gandhi with the urgency of Black liberation.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Reasons for doing this go well beyond your Catholic faith — and include your political commitments to the disabled, to authentic and nonviolent medical care, and to suicide prevention.
—Charles Camosy, New York Daily News, 4 May 2025
The pressure, and power, of nonviolent protests may still keep this administration from treading on democracy.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
As a Baptist minister and theologian, King brought nonviolent resistance to the center of the Civil Rights Movement, combining the teachings of Gandhi with the urgency of Black liberation.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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nonviolent
adjective
non·vi·o·lent
(ˈ)nän-ˈvī-ə-lənt
1
: not using violence : peaceful
2
: of, relating to, or marked by nonviolence
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