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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There would almost certainly be legal challenges to the draft, as well as significant public protests, while some number of draftees would apply for conscientious objector status or dodge it altogether.
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Joshua Keating, Vox, 18 June 2024
Enter Email Sign Up Under Mr. Wulf’s leadership, the ACLU opposed the Vietnam War, represented conscientious objectors and organized the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee, a network of lawyers drawn from several groups, including the ACLU, the NAACP and the American Jewish Committee.
—Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
His grandfather, a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War, was later arrested while scattering blood on the walls of the Pentagon, as part of a civil-disobedience action against nuclear weapons.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2023
Besides Consumers Union, her clients included the American Civil Liberties Union and conscientious objectors to the Vietnam War.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
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Joshua Keating, Vox, 18 June 2024
Enter Email Sign Up Under Mr. Wulf’s leadership, the ACLU opposed the Vietnam War, represented conscientious objectors and organized the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee, a network of lawyers drawn from several groups, including the ACLU, the NAACP and the American Jewish Committee.
—Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
His grandfather, a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War, was later arrested while scattering blood on the walls of the Pentagon, as part of a civil-disobedience action against nuclear weapons.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2023
Besides Consumers Union, her clients included the American Civil Liberties Union and conscientious objectors to the Vietnam War.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
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