conscientious objector

English

Noun

conscientious objector (plural conscientious objectors)

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.

Synonyms

CO (initialism)
conchy
conshie

Coordinate terms

Related terms

conscientious objection

Translations

someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: адмо́ўнік m (admóŭnik), адмо́ўніца f (admóŭnica)
Catalan: objector de consciència m, objectora de consciència m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 拒服兵役者 (jù fú bīngyì zhě)
Dutch: gewetensbezwaarde (nl) m or f, dienstweigeraar (nl) m, dienstweigeraarster f
Finnish: aseistakieltäytyjä (fi)
French: objecteur de conscience (fr) m, objectrice de conscience (fr) f
German: Wehrdienstverweigerer (de) m, Wehrdienstverweigererin f, Wehrdienstverweigerin (de) f, Kriegsdienstverweigerer (de) m, Kriegsdienstverweigererin f, Kriegsdienstverweigerin (de) f
Greek: αντιρρησίας συνείδησης (el) m or f (antirrisías syneídisis)
Icelandic: samviskumótmælandi m
Italian: obiettore di coscienza m, obiettrice di coscienza f
Japanese: 良心的兵役拒否者 (りょうしんてきへいえききょひしゃ, ryōshintekiheiekikyohisha)
Korean: 양심적 병역거부자 (yangsimjeok byeong'yeokgeobuja)
Plautdietsch: Wäaloosa m
Polish: obdżektor (pl) m
Portuguese: objetor de consciência m (Brazil), objetora de consciência f (Brazil), objector de consciência m (Portugal), objectora de consciência f (Portugal)
Russian: отка́зывающийся от призы́ва в а́рмию по убежде́нию m (otkázyvajuščijsja ot prizýva v ármiju po ubeždéniju), отка́зник (ru) m (otkáznik), отка́зница (ru) f (otkáznica), отка́зчик (ru) m (otkázčik), отка́зчица (ru) f (otkázčica)
Spanish: objetor de conciencia m, objetora de conciencia f
Swedish: vapenvägrare (sv) c
Turkish: vicdanî retçi
Ukrainian: відмо́вник m (vidmóvnyk), відмо́вниця f (vidmóvnycja)

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