nonresistance

Definition of Nonresistance in English :

1. nonresistance

group refusal to resort to violence even in defense against violence

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nonresistance

adjective

1.

incapable of resisting something, such as a disease; susceptible

2. history

(esp in 17th-century England) practising passive obedience to royal authority even when its commands were unjust

adjective

1.

not resistant; esp., submitting to force or arbitrary authority

noun

2.

a person who believes that force and violence should not be used to oppose arbitrary authority, however unjust

3.

a person who refuses to use force even in self-defense

n.

1. The practice or principle of complete obedience to authority even if unjust or arbitrary.

2. The practice or principle of refusing to resort to force even in defense against violence.