Antonym: violence. Similar words: nonviolent resistance, nonviolent, violence, domestic violence, violent, violently, insolence, condolence. Meaning: ['nɑn'vaɪələns /'nɒn-] 
n. peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate.
n. peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate. 31. They believe in nonviolence, simple living and little contact with the modern world.
More similar words: nonviolent resistance, nonviolent, violence, domestic violence, violent, violently, insolence, condolence, somnolence, malevolence, benevolence, violet, inviolate, inviolable, ultraviolet, convince, ultraviolet light, convinced, silence, convergence, convenience, opulence, inconvenience, convalescence, pestilence, prevalence, corpulence, turbulence, excellence, truculence.