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Antonyms for nonviolence
nɒnˈvaɪ ə lənsnon·vi·o·lence

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  1. passive resistance, nonviolent resistance, nonviolencenoun

    peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate

    Synonyms:
    passive resistance, nonviolent resistance

How to use nonviolence in a sentence?

  1. Raphael Warnock:

    I have never been violent to anybody for any reason. I have spent my entire life as a citizen, as a pastor of Dr. King’s church steeped in the philosophy of nonviolence, my opponent, on the other hand, has a well-documented history of violence, and he hasn’t come clean about it.

  2. Mahatma Gandhi:

    It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

  3. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

    For peace, let us teach humanity tolerance and nonviolence.

  4. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

    Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

  5. Martin Luther King Jr., December 11, 1964:

    Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

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