nonintervention

nonintervention
noninterventional, adj.noninterventionalist, n.noninterventionism, n.noninterventionist, n., adj.
/non'in teuhr ven"sheuhn/, n.
1. abstention by a nation from interference in the affairs of other nations or in those of its own political subdivisions.
2. failure or refusal to intervene.
[1820-30; NON- + INTERVENTION]

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