0 a situation in which someone avoids fighting or using physical force, especially when trying to make political change:
The Dalai Lama has always counselled non-violence.
Generally, the protests are characterised by non-violence and little destruction.
In his speech he declared that non-violence had proved to be ineffective for freedom.
His embracing non-violence and obsessive anti-communism left him in the political wilderness.
They might, for example, make contact subject to a range of conditions (including, of course, non-violence), and establish monitoring and accountability mechanisms in relation to those conditions.
It also demanded non-violence and non-sectarian behaviour.
For most of that time, including the period after 1948 when the nationalists came to power, it pursued a policy of non-violence.
Mainstreaming of non-violence in education and advertising is also necessary.
His five-point peace plan, which reflects his profound belief in non-violence, remains as valid as ever.