nonextortion

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noun

Lack of extortion.

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Meanings

nounnonextortion (uncountable)
  1. uncountableLack of extortion.

    Posner's second argument against enforcing surrogacy contracts invokes a principle of nonextortion, which might be entailed by basic liberty (depending on what nonextortion is taken to mean).

    1996, Amy Gutmann, Dennis Frank Thompson, Democracy and Disagreement, page 398

Origin

From non- + extortion.

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nonextortion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonextortion

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“nonextortion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonextortion. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonextortion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonextortion.

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