nonintervention
abstention by a nation from interference in the affairs of other nations or in those of its own political subdivisions.
failure or refusal to intervene.
Origin of nonintervention
1Other words from nonintervention
- non·in·ter·ven·tion·al, adjective
- non·in·ter·ven·tion·al·ist, noun
- non·in·ter·ven·tion·ism, noun
- non·in·ter·ven·tion·ist, noun, adjective
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How to use nonintervention in a sentence
Lately though, more and more wineries are producing quaffable, satisfying examples of these non-intervention wines.
Buckingham was dead, and Conway with his policy of non-intervention reigned in his stead.
Monk | Julian CorbettI see my way less clearly, because the illustrations of the theory of Non-intervention are as obscure as its statement.
Arrows of the Chace, v. 2 | John RuskinAt the present moment its policy is equally distant from non-intervention and from an intervention that is discreet.
The Cult of Incompetence | Emile FaguetThe issue for ten years was between Non-intervention on the part of Congress, and prohibition by Congress.
The Great Conspiracy, Part 2. | John Alexander Logan
Do not, under the too plausible sophism of upholding non-intervention, provoke American intervention on distant European soil.
Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume III (of 20) | Charles Sumner
British Dictionary definitions for nonintervention
/ (ˌnɒnɪntəˈvɛnʃən) /
refusal to intervene, esp the abstention by a state from intervening in the affairs of other states or in its own internal disputes
Derived forms of nonintervention
- noninterventional, adjective
- noninterventionist, noun, adjective
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