Nonresistance

Nonresistance (or non-resistance) is a sub-type of nonviolence that strictly limits resistance to the enemy. Strict practicioners of nonresistance may refuse to respond to an opponent with any resistance, physical or verbal. Mahatma Gandhi defined it more broadly as seeking to return good for evil:

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Nonviolence - Mahatma Gandhi

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:My non-resistance is active resistance in a different plane. Non-resistance to evil does not mean absence of any resistance whatsoever but it means not resisting evil with evil but with good. Resistance, therefore, is transferred to a higher and absolutely effective plane

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This understanding of nonresistance overlaps significantly with nonviolent resistance.

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