Definition of Conscientious objector

1. Noun. One who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience.

Exact synonyms: Co
Generic synonyms: Contestant, Dissenter, Dissident, Objector, Protester

Definition of Conscientious objector

1. Noun. Someone who refuses to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conscientious Objector

consarcination
consarcinations
consarn
consarn it
consarned
consarning
conscience
conscience-smitten
conscience money
conscience vote
conscience votes
conscienced
conscienceless
consciences
conscientious
conscientious objector (current term)
conscientious objectors
conscientiously
conscientiousness
conscientization
conscientous
conscilience
conscionable
conscionableness
conscionably
conscious
conscious(p)
conscious parallelism
conscious sedation
consciouses

Literary usage of Conscientious objector

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Crabb's English Synonyms by George. Crabb (1917)
"conscientious objector, being the more inclusive term, now seems to be ... Pacifist and conscientious objector signify one who does not believe in war, ..."

2. Parliamentary Reminiscences and Reflections, 1868 to 1885 by George Francis Hamilton (1917)
"REFLECTIONS CHAPTER XXVI Reflections—" conscientious objector "—How ... THE " conscientious objector " just now looms somewhat largely before the public ..."

3. "Vimy Ridge" and New Poems by Alfred Gordon (1918)
"THE conscientious objector "TOKO'S that digging like a slave?" "One that said he would not ... conscientious objector."

4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1920)
"To determine the degree of intelligence of the conscientious objector, with a view to ... To obtain the specific grounds of the conscientious objector's ..."

5. Rainbows on War Clouds by James Laughlin Hughes (1919)
"THE PALSIED CONSCIENCE OF THE conscientious objector "When a man says 'my conscience will not permit me to justify war,' I reply you had better justify your ..."

6. The Foes of Our Own Household by Theodore Roosevelt (1917)
"APPENDIX D THE "conscientious objector" We have heard much of the conscientious objectors to military service, the outcry having been loudest among those ..."

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