Antonyms for non-resistance

Grammar : Noun

Spell : non-ri-zis-tuh ns

Phonetic Transcription : ˌnɒn rɪˈzɪs təns

Definition 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

Example sentences :

"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

Synonyms for non-resistance

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