adj
Meaning 1
Of a deed, event etc., without violence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unviolent
Antonyms: violent
Standard Lemma guide
non-violent
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adj
Meaning 2
Of a person or movement, opposed to violence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: irenic, pacific, anti-bellicist, dovelike, dovish, irenical, non-violent, pacifist, pacifistic, peaceable, peaceful, unaggressive
Antonyms: violent
adj
Meaning 3
Of a convict, sentenced for a crime that did not involve violence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: violent
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English non- Latin violentusbor. Old French violentbor. Middle English violent English violent English non-violent From non- + violent.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ոչ բռնի (očʻ bṙni) — without violence
- Dutch: geweldloos — without violence
- Dutch: niet-gewelddadig — without violence
- Finnish: rauhanomainen — without violence
- French: non violent — without violence
- German: gewaltlos — without violence
- German: gewaltfrei — without violence
- Macedonian: ненасилен (nenasilen) — without violence
- Russian: ненаси́льственный (nenasílʹstvennyj) — without violence
- Ukrainian: ненаси́льницький (nenasýlʹnycʹkyj) — without violence
- Dutch: geweldloos — opposed to violence
- Dutch: vredelievend — opposed to violence
- German: gewaltlos — opposed to violence
- German: gewaltfrei — opposed to violence
- German: friedliebend — opposed to violence
- Macedonian: ненасилен (nenasilen) — opposed to violence
- Russian: ненаси́льственный (nenasílʹstvennyj) — opposed to violence
- Dutch: niet-gewelddadig — incarcerated for a crime that did not involve violence
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