(n.) The state or habit of not intervening or interfering; as, the nonintervention of one state in the affairs of another.

autarky avoidance avoiding reaction bimetallism capitalism circumvention defense mechanism dodge duck economic self-sufficiency elusion elusiveness equivocation escape evasion evasive action evasiveness forbearance forestalling forestallment free competition free enterprise free trade getting around governmentalism isolationism jink laissez-aller laissez-faire laissez-faireism let-alone policy let-alone principle liberalism line localism managed currency neutrality noninterference noninvolvement nullification party line party principle planned economy policy polity position prevention price supports protection protectionism public policy pump-priming refraining sectionalism self-regulating market shunning shunting off shy sidestep sidetracking slip the runaround zigzag