NONVIOLENCE WORDS

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Arabic                         Sabrr’                          Patient resistance

 

La‘unf                         No’violence

 

Chinese                       Fan bao li                   Non’[colonialist]violence

 

 

Dutch                          Geweldlosheid                        Freedom from violence

 

 

English                        Nonviolence               Civil disobedience

                                                                        Peaceful direct action

 

Greek                         A’bia                           Non’force

 

                                    E’irene                        Muse Goddess of peace/liberation

 

Jain (Hindu)                Ahimsa                       Non-Kill – ing

                                       Asat                          Non/Being

 

 

Hebrew                       Lo tirtzach                  Thou shalt not kill

 

 

Japanese                    Hiboryoku                  Combat violence

 

                                    [vs muteiko                 Passive resistance]

 

Latin                           Nonviolentia              Non’violence

 

 

Russian                       Nenasiliye                  Non’violence

 

At kaz nasiliye            No to colonialism

 

 

Turkish                       Öncebir                       Non’(imperialist)violence

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