non-violent

See also: nonviolent

English

Alternative forms

nonviolent

Etymology

Etymology tree

English non-

Latin violentusbor.

Old French violentbor.

Middle English violent

English violent

English non-violent

From non- + violent.

Adjective

non-violent (not comparable)

Of a deed, event etc., without violence.
Synonym: unviolent

Antonym: violent
Of a person or movement, opposed to violence.
Synonyms: irenic, pacific; see also Thesaurus:peaceable

Antonym: violent
- 1969 March 14, “King Resolution Rehearing Promised”, in Daily Independent Journal, volume 108, number 304, page 35, columns 2–3:
  The measure asked Gov. Ronald Reagan to declare April 4 Martin Luther King Jr. day as a memorial to "the nation's leading advocate of loving non-violent action."
Of a convict, sentenced for a crime that did not involve violence. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Antonym: violent

Related terms

nonviolence

Translations

without violence

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

opposed to violence

Dutch: geweldloos (nl), vredelievend (nl)
Estonian: vägivallatu, rahumeelne
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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