conscientious objector
noun
: a person who refuses to serve in the armed forces or bear arms on moral or religious grounds
Examples of conscientious objector in a Sentence
He registered as a conscientious objector.
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The Supreme Court in 1971 in Clay v. United States overturned the conviction, finding the government failed to specify why the boxer’s application for conscientious objector classification had been denied.
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Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2025
Very few people want to become conscientious objectors.
—Jishnu Guha-Majumdar, Vox, 8 Aug. 2024
His father was an accountant who had been a conscientious objector during the Second World War, and his mother was a housewife and strict vegetarian.
—Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2025
Instead, Elam became a refusenik, as conscientious objectors are called in Israel, over his disapproval of the Israel-Hamas war.
—Jade Walker, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
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Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2025
Very few people want to become conscientious objectors.
—Jishnu Guha-Majumdar, Vox, 8 Aug. 2024
His father was an accountant who had been a conscientious objector during the Second World War, and his mother was a housewife and strict vegetarian.
—Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2025
Instead, Elam became a refusenik, as conscientious objectors are called in Israel, over his disapproval of the Israel-Hamas war.
—Jade Walker, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for conscientious objector
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“Conscientious objector.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conscientious%20objector. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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