D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

nonviolent

· IPA /nɑnvˈaɪələnt/
01 adj. peacefully resistant in response to injustice; not using violence; -- used of protests and demonstrations; as, nonviolent resistance. Oppo…
  1. 1.
    peacefully resistant in response to injustice; not using violence; -- used of protests and demonstrations; as, nonviolent resistance. Opposite of violent.
  2. 2.
    achieved without bloodshed. Contrasted with bloody.
Syn. passive, peaceful. — Syn. -- unbloody, bloodless.