persuasion
non-violent action, instead of words, is a sanction and a technique of struggle and the matching of forces in conflict
Nonviolent action is not be equated with verbal or purely psychological persuasion, although it may use action to induce psychological pressures for attitude change; non-violent action, instead of words, is a sanction and a technique of struggle involving the use of social, economic, and political power, and the matching of forces in conflict.