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nonresistance en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + resistance.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. […], London: Walter Scott, […], →OCLC, page 2:

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