English Explanatory Dictionary

nonkilling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not engaging in killing.
noun
  1. Lack of killing; permitting to live.
  2. An action or occurrence other than a direct killing (but possibly having a similar effect).

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nonkilling.wav

Word forms

nonkilling non-killing nonkillings

Etymology

From non- + killing.

Related words

ahimsa nonlethal nonviolence satyagraha

Translations

Arabic: لَا قَتْل Arabic: عدم القتل Basque: hiltzerik-ez Bulgarian: неубийство Catalan: no-matar Chinese Mandarin: 無殺戮 /无杀戮 Cree: É-nipathtákániwahk Czech: nezabíjení Danish: ikkedrab Dutch: niet-doding Esperanto: nemortigo Finnish: tappamattomuus French: non-meurtre Galician: non matar Greek: απόλεμος Haitian Creole: pa touye Hawaiian: Hakakā ʻole Hebrew: אל־הרג Hungarian: gyilkolásmentesség Igbo: egbughị egbu Indonesian: anti-pembunuhan Interlingua: non-occider Irish: neamh-mharú Italian: nonuccidere Japanese: 不殺生 Korean: 비살생 Lithuanian: nežudymas Māori: patungakore Norwegian: ikkedrap Polish: niezabijanie Portuguese: não matar Romani: bi-mudaripen Romanian: nonucidere Russian: неприя́тие уби́йства Sanskrit: अहिंसा Serbo-Croatian: neubijanje Slovak: nezabíjení Slovene: neubijanje Spanish: no-matar Swedish: ickedödande Tagalog: walang-pagpatay
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