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non-resistance

non-resistance is the alternative form of nonresistance.

Meaning of nonresistance

Noun

nonresistance (countable and uncountable, plural nonresistances)

  1. Lack of resistance; not actively resisting.
    • I knew but little, no more than other men of what has been taught or written on the subject of non-resistance in former times.1894, Leo Tolstoï [i.e., Leo Tolstoy], “Introductory”, in Constance Garnett, transl., The Kingdom of God is within You: or, Christianity Not as a Mystical Doctrine, but as a New Life-conception. […]...

Forms of non-resistance

pluralnon-resistances

Questions about non-resistance

What is non-resistance the alternative form of?
Non-resistance is the alternative form of nonresistance.

Words near non-resistance in the dictionary

  1. non-repudiation
  2. non-repudiations
  3. non-reputable
  4. non-resident
  5. non-residents
  6. non-resistance
  7. non-resistant
  8. non-responder
  9. non-responders
  10. non-response
  11. non-responses

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