Antonyms for violence
ˈvaɪ ə lənsvi·o·lence

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1. violence

   Antonyms:
   apathy, calmness, composure, immobility, impassibility, indifference, insensibility, lethargy, phlegm, quietness, quietude, sluggishness, stillness, stoicism, tranquillity, unconcern, unfeelingness

   Synonyms:
   agitation, alarm, anxiety, care, distress, disturbance, eagerness, emotion, excitement, feeling, frenzy, fury, passion, sensibility, sensitiveness, storm, susceptibility, sympathy, turbulence, vehemence

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1. violence

   Antonyms:
   lenity, mildness, self-restraint, feebleness, gentleness, respect, forbearance, self-control, observance, obedience, preservation, conservation, protection

   Synonyms:
   vehemence, impetuosity, force, rape, outrage, rage, profanation, injustice, fury, infringement, fierceness, oppression

Matched Categories

1. • Aggression
   • Intensity
   • Turbulence

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1. violence, forcenoun

   an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)

   "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"

   Synonyms:
   power, military unit, furiousness, military group, force, vehemence, military force, force play, strength, ferocity, effect, wildness, force out, fierceness, fury, force-out, personnel, forcefulness

2. ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildnessnoun

   the property of being wild or turbulent

   "the storm's violence"

   Synonyms:
   fury, rage, delirium, emphasis, craze, frenzy, abandon, madness, wildness, force, vehemence, furiousness, ferocity, hysteria, fierceness

3. violencenoun

   a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.

   Synonyms:
   fury, vehemence, fierceness, wildness, ferocity, force, furiousness

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1. violencenoun

   Synonyms:
   force, impetuosity, vehemence, intensity, severity, wildness, fury, injury, violation, profanation, outrage, assault

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1. kindness

   Submitted by anonymous on March 1, 2020  

How to use violence in a sentence?

1. Michele Dauber:

   The broader message of this victory is that violence against women is now a voting issue, this is a historical moment in time. Women are standing up for their rights, and there is a national reckoning.

2. Sabel Harris:

   I heard kind of rapid gunfire. I wasn't sure if that's what it was, there have been at least five to seven shootings that have happened right on U Street, right in this area, this year alone. So there's definitely an increase in violence, and we're certainly not getting the help we need down in this area.

3. Troy Newman:

   The revocation was based on a pile of lies, including the idea that I promote violence. My 25-year history of peaceful, prayerful action speaks for itself, in spite of many objections by the airlines and Australia. We have been in the air 11 hours and will land in about [four]. Please pray that we can get past immigration so the truth can be told throughout Australia.

4. Andrew Frankel:

   You came in this morning and everybody was talking about this potential escalation of violence between Turkey and Russia.

5. Volkan Topalli:

   I think most people have this idea that homicides and assaults are the result of robberies gone bad, and there is a fair amount of that. But actually, a lot of the violence we're seeing during the spike…and that was there before the spike, as well, is really conflicts that develop between individuals.

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