noninjury

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ injury.

Noun

noninjury (uncountable)

1. A practice or philosophy of not causing injury to others.
   • 1981, Vyāsa Patañjali, Yoga philosophy of Patañjali:

     It is not possible to practise noninjury unless selfishness is given up in respect of all external matters.

   • 2009, Katherine Wills Perlo, Kinship and Killing: The Animal in World Religions:

     Buddhist vegetarians ancient and modern argue from karmic interchangeability, from the supreme value of noninjury...

Synonyms

• ahimsa, nonviolence

Adjective

noninjury (not comparable)

1. Not of or pertaining to injury.
   • 1986, John J Nance, Blind trust:

     In fact there had been two other noninjury accidents in 1976 and 1977...