nonaggression
Promise not fighting
Nonaggression is the policy or principle of refraining from attacking or initiating conflict.
It appears most often in diplomatic contexts: a nonaggression pact or nonaggression treaty is an agreement between nations not to attack each other.
The term implies deliberate restraint rather than mere absence of hostility.
Formal agreement between parties
- accordHarmony between parties
- agreementShared position between parties
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
truce · covenant · entente · concordat · protocol · settlement · ratification · détente
Not using physical force
- pacifistAnti-violence believer
- unarmedHaving no weapons
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
- demilitarizationRemoval of armed forces
ceasefire · peacemaking · reconciliation · conciliatory · peacekeeper · tranquility · amicable · détente
Principled rejection of force
- pacifismAntiwar moral stance
- noninterventionPolicy of staying uninvolved
- neutralityState of taking sides
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
self-defense · autonomy · ethics · respect · coexistence · restraint · tolerance · inviolability
Formal union of parties
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- mutualShared between parties
- reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
solidarity · unity · harmony · accord · amity · concord · cordial · comity
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- diplomatOfficial foreign representative
embassy · consulate · statecraft · mediation · summit · geopolitics · relations · international
pact
Formal agreement between parties
- accordHarmony between parties
- agreementShared position between parties
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
ceasefire · truce · covenant · entente · concordat · protocol · settlement · ratification · détente · rapprochement
nonviolent
Not using physical force
- pacifistAnti-violence believer
- unarmedHaving no weapons
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
demilitarization · ceasefire · peacemaking · reconciliation · conciliatory · peacekeeper · tranquility · amicable · détente · deescalation
nonviolence
Principled rejection of force
- pacifismAntiwar moral stance
- noninterventionPolicy of staying uninvolved
- neutralityState of taking sides
sovereignty · self-defense · autonomy · ethics · respect · coexistence · restraint · tolerance · inviolability · non-interference
alliance
Formal union of parties
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- mutualShared between parties
reciprocity · solidarity · unity · harmony · accord · amity · concord · cordial · comity · entente
negotiation
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
diplomat · embassy · consulate · statecraft · mediation · summit · geopolitics · relations · international · foreign
- peace conceptspeace, pacifism, harmony, nonviolence, ceasefire
- nonviolencenonviolence, pacifism, harmlessness, nonviolent, peaceful
- libertarianismlibertarianism, anarcho-capitalism, classical liberalism, limited government, free market
- agreementshandshake, contract, nod, accords, verbal consent
- harmonyharmony, chord, chords, triad, triads
- nonparticipationnonparticipation, noninvolvement, noninterference, nonintervention, abstention
nonaggressionaggression
Hostile or attacking behavior
hostility · violence · belligerence · attack · force
nonaggressionexpansionism
Policy of territorial growth
imperialism · interventionism · militarism · warmongering · hawkishness
- nonaggression pactAgreement to avoid warfare
- nonaggression treatyPact forbidding mutual hostility