nonconfrontation

English

Etymology

non- +‎ confrontation

Noun

nonconfrontation (countable and uncountable, plural nonconfrontations)

1. (uncountable) Avoidance of confrontation.
   • 2008 February 27, Patrick Healy, “Democrats Clash on Trade, Health and Tactics”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Mr. Obama, pursuing a front-runner’s strategy of nonconfrontation after winning 11 straight contests, mostly defended his positions and views, though he said he and his team had not “whined” about the Clinton camp’s attacks on him.

2. (countable) A situation that is not a confrontation.