Synonyms for non-resistance
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : non-ri-zis-tuh ns |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌnɒn rɪˈzɪs təns |
Top 10 synonyms for non-resistance
- abasement
- acquiescence
- appeasement
- assent
- backbone
- backing down
- bashfulness
- bearing
- bowing
- calmness
- civil disobedience
- compliance
- conformity
- constancy
- cool
- cringing
- defeatism
- deference
- demureness
- diffidence
- docility
- equanimity
- even temper
- fawning
- forbearance
- forbearing
- giving in
- guts
- gutsiness
- heart
- humbleness
- imperturbability
- inferiority complex
- intestinal fortitude
- lack of pride
- legs
- leniency
- long-suffering
- longanimity
- lowliness
- malleability
- meekness
- modesty
- mortification
- moxie
- nonresistance
- nonviolent resistance
- obedience
- obsequiousness
- passiveness
- passivism
- passivity
- patience
- patientness
- persistence
- pliabilty
- poise
- prostration
- recreancy
- reserve
- resignation
- resignedness
- restraint
- self-abasement
- self-abnegation
- self-control
- serenity
- servility
- sheepishness
- shyness
- starch
- staying power
- stoicism
- subjection
- submission
- submissiveness
- submitting
- subservience
- sufferance
- surrender
- timidity
- timorousness
- tolerance
- toleration
- tractability
- unassertiveness
- unobtrusiveness
- unpretentiousness
- yielding
Définition of non-resistance
Origin :- 1640s, from non- + resistance.
- As in patience : noun capacity, willingness to endure
- As in resignation : noun endurance, passivity
- As in submission : noun compliance
- As in passive resistance : noun nonviolent protest
- As in humility : noun humbleness, modesty
- "After all, it all hinges upon the non-resistance of evil," said Kate.
- Extract from : « The Right Knock » by Helen Van-Anderson
- Has the duty of non-resistance no exceptions nor abatements in the vegetable kingdom?
- Extract from : « The Foot-path Way » by Bradford Torrey
- Meeting Wyndham at the gate, he counselled a policy of non-resistance.
- Extract from : « Captain Desmond, V.C. » by Maud Diver
- Your creed is one of non-resistance to violence,” I said—“is it not?
- Extract from : « The Maids of Paradise » by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
- They were not the first men to do violence for the sake of the principle of non-resistance.
- Extract from : « Quaker Hill » by Warren H. Wilson
- For they have their ways of asserting themselves, in spite of non-resistance.
- Extract from : « Quaker Hill » by Warren H. Wilson
- It was urged that Nero was then regnant when this command of non-resistance was given.
- Extract from : « Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) » by John Howie
- With regard to the Confederacy, Seward's policy was one of non-resistance.
- Extract from : « Abraham Lincoln and the Union » by Nathaniel W. Stephenson
- It is all there: love of all men, and non-resistance of evil, and self-renunciation.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of Life » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
- But not Samuel: all he thought about was submission and non-resistance, which might provoke pity.
- Extract from : « The Lady of Lynn » by Walter Besant
Antonyms for non-resistance
- agitation
- agreement
- arousal
- arrogance
- assertiveness
- boldness
- confidence
- cowardice
- disagreement
- disobedience
- egoism
- fear
- fight
- frustration
- idleness
- impatience
- indifference
- indolence
- intolerance
- laziness
- lethargy
- nonconformity
- pretentiousness
- pride
- rebellion
- refusal
- resistance
- self-importance
- taking on
- weakness
- wildness
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