sit-in: Meaning and Definition of

sit-in

Pronunciation: (sit'in"), [key]
— n.
  1. an organized passive protest, esp. against racial segregation, in which the demonstrators occupy seats prohibited to them, as in restaurants and other public places.
  2. any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises: Sixty students staged a sit-in outside the dean's office.
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