Meaning of nonkilling | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Lack of killing; permitting to live.
   uncountable, usually
2. An action or occurrence other than a direct killing (but possibly having a similar effect).
   countable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] respect⟳ of harmlessness to living beings and nonkilling of living beings.”

“Buddhist belief inculcates nonkilling of sentient life […]”

“[…] but nonkilling of humans is a minimum characteristic”

“[…] then its death is a moral wrong even if the result⟳ of "nonkillings" will be a marked decrease in the population of that part of the animal kingdom.”

“But actions in the world don't come⟳ neatly dividing into killings and nonkillings: the gray area of the concept shades smoothly”

“This also includes nonkillings that in the end⟳ eliminate the group, such as preventing births or forcibly transferring children out of the group”

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