nonbelligerency

nonbelligerency
\\“+\ noun
Etymology: non- (I) + belligerency
1. : the status of not being at war : the status of not being a belligerent
2. : the status or attitude of a country that refrains from direct participation in a war but openly favors and usually gives unneutral aid in varying degree and kind to one of the belligerents

after the fall of France the United States shifted to nonbelligerency and intervention — A.P.Whitaker

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/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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