nonconfrontation
nounEtymology From non- + confrontation.
1
Avoidance of confrontation.
- Mr. Obama, pursuing a front-runner’s strategy of nonconfrontation after winning 11 straight contests, mostly defended his positions and views, though he said he and his team had not “whined” about the Clinton camp’s attacks on him.2008 February 27, Patrick Healy, “Democrats Clash on Trade, Health and Tactics”, in New York Times:
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A situation that is not a confrontation.