Definition of nonmilitant
: not militant: such as
a
: not engaged in warfare or combat
nonmilitant occupants of the war zone
b
: not aggressively active (as in a cause)
took a nonmilitant approach to the dispute
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The first known use of nonmilitant was in 1829
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