Synonyms for conscientious objector

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kon-shee-en-shuh s uh b-jek-ter, kon-see‐

Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒn ʃiˈɛn ʃəs əbˈdʒɛk tər, ˌkɒn si‐

Définition of conscientious objector

Origin : 1896, in reference to those with religious scruples about mandatory vaccination. Military sense predominated from World War I.
After a chequered career full of startling episodes and reversals, the Vaccination Bill becomes virtually the Vaccination Act. In Parliament the hottest of the contest centred round the conscientious objector. [The Lancet, Aug. 13, 1898]

noun pacifist

Example sentences :

When the World War came he declared himself a conscientious objector.
Extract from : « Blue Ridge Country » by Jean Thomas

The girls always surmised that he must be a conscientious objector.
Extract from : « A Patriotic Schoolgirl » by Angela Brazil

"It hasn't turned me into a conscientious objector, if you mean that," he said.
Extract from : « Up and Down » by Edward Frederic Benson

I mean I wouldn't fight; I'm a conscientious objector to war.
Extract from : « Jimmie Higgins » by Upton Sinclair

Parliament made a mistake in ever giving a statutory exemption to the conscientious objector.
Extract from : « Punch, 1917.07.04, Vol. 153, Issue No. 1 » by Various

The problem of the slacker and of the conscientious objector, although vexatious, was never serious.
Extract from : « Woodrow Wilson and the World War » by Charles Seymour

A figure in the splay of the E. window has been carefully erased by some "conscientious objector."
Extract from : « Somerset » by G.W. Wade and J.H. Wade

Sir Frederick Banbury once more appeared in his favourite character of the conscientious objector.
Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 150, May 17 1916 » by Various

The prudery of some conscientious objector to the word “wretch” has caused it to be almost obliterated.
Extract from : « The Smugglers » by Charles G. Harper

Of course every shirker, every coward and slacker in the country decided at once to be a conscientious objector.
Extract from : « War and the Future » by H. G. Wells

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