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nonviolence

[non-vahy-uh-luhns] / nɒnˈvaɪ ə ləns /
NOUN
abstention from violence
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Nonviolence ensured that when repression came, it would reveal rather than obscure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

On Monday, the Center for Jewish Nonviolence posted time-stamped, dashcam footage on Bluesky of the confrontation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2025

If a company shuts down one account, a person can simply open a new one, said Tara Dabney, a director at the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2023

Teny Gross founded the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago, a CVI programme, in 2015.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023

“Your father, Our Father, haha—wait, no joke. He worked with the Catholics for Nonviolence of the Chicago Archdiocese, and they got me and Olivia an off-campus apartment of Saint Xavier’s to use for the weekend.”

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti




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