Definition of "noninvolvement" [noninvolvement]

• Lack of emotional involvement. (noun)
• Failure or refusal to become involved, especially in the affairs of another nation; nonintervention. (noun)

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• "He only shrugged his shoulders in noninvolvement, but his countenance had a sliver of conviction for such a show of perspicacity."
• "In this situation, given how economically powerful the United States had become, American “noninvolvement” was impossible—because any substantial commercial and financial relations with Europe were bound to affect the balance of resources somehow.9 Three economic flows were particularly important: U.S. trade with the Central Powers and other continental nations, financing for the Allied war effort by private U.S. institutions, and U.S. trade with the Allies."
• "My emphatic counsel to the armed forces is to observe and abide by the military rule of noninvolvement in politics."