unprovoking

Definitions of unprovoking
  1. adjective
    not provocative
    synonyms: unprovocative
    unexciting
    not exciting
    disarming
    capable of allaying hostility
    noninflammatory
    not inflammatory
    nonviolent
    abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence
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