unassaultive
English
Etymology
un- + assaultive
Adjective
unassaultive (not comparable)
- Not assaultive.
- 1978, Michel Hersen, Behavior Therapy in the Psychiatric Setting, page 225:
- This was true until, during unassaultive release periods, the patient was showered with continuous attention by several staff members.
- 2017, Albert Ellis, Anger: How to Live with and without It:
- But you can, if you wish, show your subordinates, your peers, and your supervisors that you firmly believe in nonviolence and that although you may sometimes or often resist doing what they want you to do, you will do so in a physically unassaultive manner.