Usually means: Refuse military service on principle.
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  1. conscientious objectors: Merriam-Webster
  2. conscientious objectors: Collins English Dictionary
  3. conscientious objectors: Vocabulary.com
  4. conscientious objectors: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. conscientious objectors: Wiktionary
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  1. conscientious objectors: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Conscientious objectors: Legal dictionary

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  1. Conscientious objectors: Encyclopedia

(Note: See conscientious_objector as well.)


noun:  Someone who refuses to perform military service (for example to fight in an armed conflict, or be compulsorily drafted in a time of peace) because of religious or moral principles.
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