nonassertion

Meaning

1. noun The quality of not being assertive.
2. noun The situation where one party holds intellectual property rights against another party, but does not enforce them.

   a nonassertion covenant

Similar words

nonassertiveness unassertiveness unassertability nonaggressiveness unaggressiveness assertiveness nonacquisitiveness assertability noncontradictoriness nonexpansiveness

Often followed by

and is of or