also nonviolent
1.
Non-violent methods of bringing about change do not involve hurting people or causing damage.
King was a worldwide symbol of non-violent protest against racial injustice...
I would only belong to an environmental movement if it was explicitly non-violent.
≠ violent
ADJ
• non-violence
His commitment to non-violence led to a Nobel peace prize in 1989.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
You can refer to someone or something such as a crime as non-violent when that person or thing does not hurt or injure people.
...non-violent offenders...
≠ violent
ADJ