nonbelligerency

nonbelligerency
/non'beuh lij"euhr euhn see/, n.
1. the state or status of not participating in a war.
2. the status or policy of a nation that does not participate openly in a war but supports the cause of one of the belligerents.
[1935-40; NON- + BELLIGERENCY]

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