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nonviolent resistance

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Noun1.nonviolent resistancenonviolent resistance - peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
nonviolence, passive resistance
direct action - a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands
hunger strike - a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest
Satyagraha - the form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms


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