Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
non-intervention
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a policy of non-intervention
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As with contemporary campaigns around the criminal law, the state opted for a neutral course of non-intervention.
▪ By the end of August, non-intervention was officially a reality.
▪ While Ionia was slowly beaten down, the question of intervention or non-intervention kept Athens painfully divided.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
non-intervention
1831, from non- + intervention.
Wiktionary
non-intervention
alt. (context political science English) The policy of a state of not intervene in the domestic affairs of another. n. (context political science English) The policy of a state of not intervene in the domestic affairs of another.
Usage examples of "non-intervention".
He was accused of having connived in the French revolt during its earlier stages and having taken a third part of the plunder as payment for non-intervention, of making his victory the excuse for further plunder of loyal provincials, and of afterwards imposing excessive emergency taxes on the province for the expenses of the campaign.