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Conscientious objector   /kˌɑnʃiˈɛnʃəs əbdʒˈɛktər/   Listen
Conscientious objector

noun
1.
One who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience.  Synonym: CO.






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"Conscientious objector" Quotes from Famous Books



... perhaps hasty direct-action to the American Legion. Then a flying squadron from the Good Citizens' League called on the unfair papers and explained that no ex-soldier could possibly do such a thing, and the editors saw the light, and retained their advertising. When Zenith's lone Conscientious Objector came home from prison and was righteously run out of town, the newspapers referred to the perpetrators as an ...
— Babbitt • Sinclair Lewis



Words linked to "Conscientious objector" :   dissident, protester, dissenter, objector, contestant, co



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