non-violence

Definitions of non-violence
  1. noun
    peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
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    types:
    grève de la faim
    a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest
    type of:
    action directe
    a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands
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