non-violent

Adjective

non-violent (not comparable)

1. Of a deed, event etc., without violence.

   Synonyms:

   unviolent

   Antonyms:

   violent

2. Of a person or movement, opposed to violence.
   • The measure asked Gov. Ronald Reagan to declare April 4 Martin Luther King Jr. day as a memorial to "the nation's leading advocate of loving non-violent action."1969 March 14, “King Resolution Rehearing Promised”, in Daily Independent Journal, volume 108, number 304, page 35, columns 2–3

   Synonyms:

   irenic, pacific, anti-bellicist, dovelike, dovish, irenical, pacifist, pacifistic, peaceable, peaceful

   Antonyms:

   violent

3. Of a convict, sentenced for a crime that did not involve violence.

   Antonyms:

   violent