nonaggression
2
6.7
- noun
- /ˌnɒnəˈɡrɛʃən/
- Formal
- For its part, Iran has offered Gulf Arabs a nonaggression pact, showing its willingness to work within the constraints imposed by the GCC states.
- nonaggression pact
- nonaggression treaty
Examples
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Now, nobody knows what happens next because weeks later, Hitler broke the nonaggression pact and invaded Russia.
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After decades of frozen hostility, Korea's two governments signed an agreement on "Reconciliation and Nonaggression" in December 1991.
Academic text (1992) -
On December 13, 1991, North Korea and South Korea developed the Agreement on Reconciliation, Nonaggression, and Exchanges and Cooperation.
Academic text (2004) -
In return, the United States and North Korea can conclude a nonaggression pact and "no nuclear weapons" agreement along with recognition of North Korean sovereignty.
Academic text (2003) -
North Korea's security concerns are also evident from one of its chief demands in the current crisis: a nonaggression pact with the United States.
Academic text (2003) -
Another example is North and South Korea, which, on the basis of peace and parity, signed a nonaggression and reconciliation pact in December 1991.
Academic text (1999) -
The South wants to implement the 1991 inter-Korean Basic Agreement on Reconciliation, Nonaggression, and Exchanges and Cooperation between the South and the North.
Academic text (2002) -
Also, the Koreas concluded a South-North Agreement for Reconciliation, Nonaggression, Exchanges, and Cooperation, which could serve as a foundation for new relations between the states.
Academic text (1999) -
Because a powerful hostile force lies just to the north of the DMZ and no peace agreement or nonaggression pact with North Korea has been reached, a majority of South Koreans desire the continued presence of U.S. forces.
Academic text (2004) -
In 1939, Stalin and Hitler signed a nonaggression pact to avoid hostilities between their nations.
Synonyms
17
4.1
Using peaceful actions to bring about social or political change
1
7.6
A policy of not getting involved in other countries' wars or politics
1
7.3
Choosing not to argue or disagree openly with other people
Antonyms
How Aggressive
- Formal
113
4.4
- US
∞
1.4
24
4.4
- Formal
2
6.7
6
6.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonaggression = aggression (transparent) = non + aggression
Standard negative prefixation: 'non-' straightforwardly negates the noun 'aggression' to indicate absence or policy of not initiating aggression.
Etymology
Nonaggression breaks into non- meaning 'not' and aggression meaning 'attack', the same part you see in aggressive. That's why nonaggression describes a policy of 'no attack' or not starting fights between countries.