adjective
1. abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence
• Ant: ↑violent
• See Also: ↑peaceful, ↑peaceable, ↑unprovocative, ↑unprovoking
• Derivationally related forms: ↑nonviolence
2. achieved without bloodshed
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an unbloody transfer of power
• Syn: ↑unbloody
• Similar to: ↑bloodless
• Derivationally related forms: ↑nonviolence
Useful english dictionary. 2012.