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non-killing

non-killing is the alternative spelling of nonkilling.

Meaning of nonkilling

Noun

nonkilling (usually uncountable, plural nonkillings)

  1. (usually) Lack of killing; permitting to live.
    • […] respect of harmlessness to living beings and nonkilling of living beings.1993, Ven. S. Dhammika, Seven Pillar Edicts, 7, translation of original by Ashoka the Great
  2. (countable, usually) An action or occurrence other than a direct killing (but possibly having a similar effect).
    • […] then its death is a moral wrong even if the result of "nonkillings" will be a marked decrease in the population of that part of the animal kingdom.1991, Kent Greenawalt, Religious Convictions and Political Choice, page 105

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Non-killing is the alternative spelling of nonkilling.

Words near non-killing in the dictionary

  1. non-judgmental
  2. non-judgmentally
  3. non-JUPAS
  4. non-juring
  5. non-Kangean
  6. non-killing
  7. non-kinkster
  8. non-kinksters
  9. non-Kolmogorov
  10. non-labial
  11. non-labials

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