Standard Lemma guide

nonkilling

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not engaging in killing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Lack of killing; permitting to live.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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3

noun

Meaning 3

An action or occurrence other than a direct killing (but possibly having a similar effect).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, usually

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History

Etymology

From non- + killing.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لَا قَتْل (lā qatl) — A precept or worldview
  • Arabic: عدم القتل (al-qatl) — A precept or worldview
  • Basque: hiltzerik-ez — A precept or worldview
  • Bulgarian: неубийство (neubijstvo) — A precept or worldview
  • Catalan: no-matar — A precept or worldview
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無殺戮 /无杀戮 (wú shālù) — A precept or worldview
  • Cree: É-nipathtákániwahk — A precept or worldview
  • Czech: nezabíjení — A precept or worldview
  • Danish: ikkedrab — A precept or worldview
  • Dutch: niet-doding — A precept or worldview
  • Esperanto: nemortigo — A precept or worldview
  • Finnish: tappamattomuus — A precept or worldview
  • French: non-meurtre — A precept or worldview
  • Galician: non matar — A precept or worldview
  • Greek: απόλεμος (apólemos) — A precept or worldview
  • Haitian Creole: pa touye — A precept or worldview
  • Hawaiian: Hakakā ʻole — A precept or worldview
  • Hebrew: אל־הרג (al héreg) — A precept or worldview
  • Hungarian: gyilkolásmentesség — A precept or worldview
  • Igbo: egbughị egbu — A precept or worldview
  • Indonesian: anti-pembunuhan — A precept or worldview
  • Interlingua: non-occider — A precept or worldview
  • Irish: neamh-mharú — A precept or worldview
  • Italian: nonuccidere — A precept or worldview
  • Japanese: 不殺生 (fusesshō) — A precept or worldview
  • Korean: 비살생 (bisalsaeng) — A precept or worldview
  • Lithuanian: nežudymas — A precept or worldview
  • Māori: patungakore — A precept or worldview
  • Norwegian: ikkedrap — A precept or worldview
  • Polish: niezabijanie — A precept or worldview
  • Portuguese: não matar — A precept or worldview
  • Romani: bi-mudaripen — A precept or worldview
  • Romanian: nonucidere — A precept or worldview
  • Russian: неприя́тие уби́йства (neprijátije ubíjstva) — A precept or worldview
  • Sanskrit: अहिंसा (ahiṃsā) — A precept or worldview
  • Serbo-Croatian: neubijanje — A precept or worldview
  • Slovak: nezabíjení — A precept or worldview
  • Slovene: neubijanje — A precept or worldview
  • Spanish: no-matar — A precept or worldview
  • Swedish: ickedödande — A precept or worldview
  • Tagalog: walang-pagpatay — A precept or worldview
  • Thai: การไม่ฆ่า (gaan mâi kâa) — A precept or worldview
  • Turkish: öldürmeme — A precept or worldview
  • Ukrainian: не вбивати (ne vbyvaty) — A precept or worldview
  • Waray-Waray: diri-pagpatay — A precept or worldview