nonconfrontation
keep at arm's length
anticonfrontational
nonconfronter
ostracize
ostracise
end run
skate over
confrontative
nonconflict
cede the field
conflictlessness
toe-dance
antipolitics
stonewall
keep one's head down
discretion is the better part of valour
hedge
unhostility
nonhostility
fabian
nonaggression
shadowbox
anticontact
shirk
confront
bear off
strifelessness
nonprovocation
nonconfrontational
toe dance
get off of someone's cloud
noncontention
boyg
confrontationalism
get out of someone's face
nose-to-nose
diplomatic
neutral
by default
unarguing
can't help
stand tall
part brass rags
sit idly by
bring a knife to a gunfight
nonviolent
combativity
confrontment
unaggression
parley
counterbalance
leave alone
bite one's tongue
fighting words
neutralize
don't get someone started
above the fray
antiexclusion
turtling
drop the gloves
bite one's lip
bat away
offhold
countervail
counteract
robustious
extort
unassertive
give the go-by
boisterous
noncooperation
come to grips with
unruly
keep mum
fight shy
rumbustious
confrontationally
rambunctious
unconfrontational
at arm's length
disrupt
beard the lion in his den
nonaggressive
avoidantly
currente calamo
antisocial
face-down
unaggressive
anticombat
avoidant
adverse
zip one's lip
nonacquiescing
deaggressivization
disengagement
step off