(n.) The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violence without opposition.

Eisenhower Doctrine Monroe Doctrine Nixon Doctrine Quakerism Truman Doctrine a wise passiveness acceptance acquiescence amenability appeasement assent balance of power brinkmanship coexistence colonialism complaisance compliance compromise consent containment contemplation contemplative life deference detente deterrence diplomacy diplomatic diplomatics do-nothing policy do-nothingism do-nothingness dollar diplomacy dollar imperialism dormancy expansionism foreign affairs foreign policy good-neighbor policy homage humbleness humility idleness immobility imperialism inaction inactivity indolence inertia inertness internationalism isolationism kneeling laissez-aller laissez-faire laissez-faireism manifest destiny meditation meekness militarism nationalism neocolonialism neutralism neutrality neutralness noninvolvement nonopposal nonopposition nonparticipation nonviolence nonviolent resistance obedience obeisance open door open-door policy pacifism paralysis passive resistance passive self-annihilation passiveness passivism passivity peace offensive peaceful coexistence policy preparedness procrastination quiescence quietism resignation resignedness shirt-sleeve diplomacy shuttle diplomacy spheres of influence stagnancy stagnation standpattism stasis subjection submission submissiveness submittal supineness the big stick tough policy uncomplainingness vegetation vita contemplativa waiting game watching and waiting world politics yielding