Pacifist
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A pacifist is one who opposes all wars and refuses to fight in them. "Conscientious objector" laws usually permit pacifists to avoid a draft (mandatory enlistment) in war.
At the time of the American Revolution, a substantial percentage of the colonists were Quakers, a pacifist faith. Thus the Continental Army struggled to enlist enough soldiers.