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nonresistant
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nonresistant \Non`re*sist"ant\, a. Making no resistance. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nonresistant \Non`re*sist"ant\, n.
1. One who maintains that no resistance should be made to
constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively
exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute
submission.
[1913 Webster]
2. One who holds that violence should never be resisted by
force; especially, a reformer who believes in passive
resistance.
Syn: passive resister.
[WordNet 1.5]
