conscientious objector
noun
: a person who refuses to serve in the armed forces or bear arms on moral or religious grounds
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He registered as a conscientious objector.
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There’s an irony to the intentional disengagement: this time around, the wreckage of institutions is much more immediate, without the buffer of the first Administration’s conscientious objectors, and Trump’s barrage of distractions perhaps more consequential.
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Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
Imprisoned as a conscientious objector during the Korean War in the early 1950s, Lawson was also kicked out of Vanderbilt University and arrested for organizing student demonstrations.
—Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 10 June 2024
The requirement has long been a contentious topic – hundreds of conscientious objectors have been jailed over the years, according to Amnesty International, many of whom refused to serve on religious grounds.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
Muhammad Ali returned to boxing in Atlanta, which lit a flame in his heart
Ali (Dexter Darden) had been sidelined, banned from boxing for more than three years after refusing to be inducted into the U.S. military during the Vietnam War as a conscientious objector.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2024
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Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
Imprisoned as a conscientious objector during the Korean War in the early 1950s, Lawson was also kicked out of Vanderbilt University and arrested for organizing student demonstrations.
—Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 10 June 2024
The requirement has long been a contentious topic – hundreds of conscientious objectors have been jailed over the years, according to Amnesty International, many of whom refused to serve on religious grounds.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
Muhammad Ali returned to boxing in Atlanta, which lit a flame in his heart
Ali (Dexter Darden) had been sidelined, banned from boxing for more than three years after refusing to be inducted into the U.S. military during the Vietnam War as a conscientious objector.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2024
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 27 Feb. 2025.
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