pacifist

Etymology

From French pacifiste.

noun

1. One who loves, supports, or favours peace.
   1. One who prefers to avoid violence in daily life.
   2. One who is anti-war.
      No matter what pacifist "flubdubs and flapdoodle mollycoddles" might say, the President [Teddy Roosevelt] knew that if there were a general war then America could well be drawn into it. 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
   3. One who both abstains from inflicting violence on others and opposes others doing so.
2. (video games, roguelikes) A player who attempts the challenge of winning a game without attacking any enemy characters.

adj

1. Of or relating to pacifism.
   Therefore, because Hauerwas is a United Methodist, a church that is clearly not pacifist even if it is not clear what it is, he is not (yet) a pacifist. 2010, Charles R. Pinches, Kelly S. Johnson, Charles M. Collier, Unsettling Arguments: A Festschrift on the Occasion of Stanley Hauerwas's 70th Birthday, Wipf and Stock Publishers, page 129