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conscientious objector

conscientious objector noun
plural conscientious objectors
conscientious objector
noun
plural conscientious objectors
Learner's definition of CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR
[count]
: a person who refuses to serve in the military because of moral or religious beliefs(出于道义或宗教信仰而)拒服兵役者

— conscientious objection

noun, plural conscientious objections [count, noncount]

conscientious objector

noun

: a person who refuses to serve in the armed forces or bear arms on moral or religious grounds

Example Sentences

He registered as a conscientious objector.
Recent Examples on the Web Furr has been the commission leader on creating a trash alternative to Waste Management and the conscientious objector on moral issues such as not turning away a cruise ship with COVID patients at the start of the pandemic. Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2022 While Doss viewed himself not as a conscientious objector, but a conscientious cooperator, his fellow infantrymen and superiors did not see it that way. Mike Miller, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2022 In 1939 James enrolled at Manchester University, was granted conscientious objector status, which enabled him to avoid military service at the start of World War II, and graduated in 1941. New York Times, 27 July 2022 Desmond Doss, a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church who rescued dozens of fellow soldiers in the 1945 battle for Okinawa while an unarmed medic, became the first conscientious objector to receive the medal. Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 29 June 2022 Born in 1900 in London to a wealthy Quaker family, Penrose was a conscientious objector in World War I. Town & Country, 23 Mar. 2022 Alcindor, Russell, Brown and other athletes wanted to ask Ali about how legitimate his feelings were on being a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War. Cameron Fields, cleveland, 18 Feb. 2022 This led the draft board to revoke his conscientious objector status and order him to report for induction in 1953. New York Times, 24 Dec. 2021 The two were married, against the wishes of Eleanora’s parents, in 1968, by a Methodist minister who, as a conscientious objector, would be jailed the next day. William Kirkley, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of conscientious objector was in 1916

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