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What does non-violent mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word non-violent? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (deed) Without violence.
  2. (person) Opposed to violence.
  3. (convict) Sentenced for a crime that did not involve violence. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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Our prisons are already filled with non-violent drug offenders, many serving mandatory sentences of 15 years to life for small amounts of drugs.
They should fight for freedom in a non-violent way, using non-coperation and protests, and without taking human life.
Even almost entirely non-violent protest might be crushed with extreme force.
One in four inmates in federal and state prisons is in for drug-related offences, most non-violent.
He organized protest marches and other tools of non-violent passive resistance.
There are different approaches, but the non-violent, democratic approach is growing in popularity.

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