nonviolent

adj

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of non-violent.

   “When Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965 – 50 years ago on Saturday – I was an activist in the civil rights movement of Martin Luther King, a man of peace who led the nonviolent protests that brought down segregation in America, and ushered in the civil rights and voting rights acts.”

   “Counterprotesters shouted epithets as they walked by, but the opposing groups kept it nonviolent.”