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non-aggression principle

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The legal or political principle asserting that initiating conflict against persons or their property, or threatening to do so, is illegitimate.

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  • Catalan: principi de no-agressió — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 互不侵犯原則 /互不侵犯原则 — Translations
  • Czech: princip neagrese — Translations
  • Danish: non-aggressionsprincippet — Translations
  • Finnish: nonaggressioperiaate — Translations
  • French: principe de non-agression — Translations
  • German: Nichtaggressionsprinzip — Translations
  • Italian: principio di non aggressione — Translations
  • Norwegian: ikke-aggresjons-prinsippet — Translations
  • Persian: اصل عدم تجاوز (asl 'adam tajâvoz) — Translations
  • Portuguese: princípio da não agressão — Translations
  • Russian: при́нцип ненападе́ния (príncip nenapadénija) — Translations
  • Spanish: principio de no agresión — Translations