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Synonyms for non-violent
non-vi·o·lent

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  1. non-violentadjective

    Synonyms:
    peace-loving, pacific

    Antonyms:
    violent

  2. non-violentadjective

    (Of a deed, event etc.) Without violence.

    Synonyms:
    pacific, peace-loving

    Antonyms:
    violent

  3. non-violentadjective

    (Of a person or movement) Opposed to violence.

    Synonyms:
    peace-loving, pacific

    Antonyms:
    violent

  4. non-violentadjective

    (Of a convict) Sentenced for a crime that did not involve violence.

    Synonyms:
    pacific, peace-loving

    Antonyms:
    violent

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  1. List of paraphrases for "non-violent":

    nonviolent, non-violence, violence-free, peaceful

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  1. Alyssa Milano:

    These are exactly the type of situations that police officers are trained for and should be responding to, and we will always support police having the resources they need for appropriate policing actions, wed love to see equally trained non-police professionals respond to addiction and mental health crises and non-violent events so that these brave officers can do the jobs they are so good at handling, as they demonstrated this weekend.

  2. Charles Nditije:

    We will use other peaceful methods not necessarily protests that may claim lives of protesters. There are other safe and non violent methods we may resort to.

  3. Joe Calvello:

    John is against eliminating cashbailfor all criminal offenses, but he agrees with Republicansand Democrats that the system needs to be reformed – particularly for non-violent, low-level, and non-repeat offenders.

  4. Alan Gottlieb:

    Under existing federal law many people convicted of non-violent state-level misdemeanors have lost their Second Amendment rights because they’ve been lumped together with convicted felons due to indeterminate sentencing laws, that’s not right, and cases like this help restore some perspective and narrow some broad legislative brush strokes.

  5. Benjamin Crump:

    We all watched the horrific death of George Floyd on video as witnesses begged the police officer to take him into the police car and get off his neck, this abusive, excessive and inhumane use of force cost the life of a man who was being detained by the police for questioning about a non-violent charge.

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