Antonyms of adj knockdown-dragout

1 sense of knockdown-dragout

Sense 1
knockdown-dragout, knock-down-and-drag-out -- (extremely violent; "a knock-down-and-drag-out fight")

INDIRECT (VIA violent) -> nonviolent -- (abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence)

Similarity of adj knockdown-dragout

1 sense of knockdown-dragout

Sense 1
knockdown-dragout, knock-down-and-drag-out -- (extremely violent; "a knock-down-and-drag-out fight")
       => violent (vs. nonviolent) -- (acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity; "a violent attack"; "a violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage"; "felt a violent dislike")