Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nounone who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience
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Translations
Catalan objector de consciència, objectora de consciència
- objector de consciènciasomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- objectora de consciènciasomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
Chinese Mandarin 拒服兵役者
- 拒服兵役者 (jù fú bīngyì zhě)someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
Danish militærnægter
- militærnægtersomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
Dutch gewetensbezwaarde, dienstweigeraar
- gewetensbezwaardesomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- dienstweigeraarsomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- dienstweigeraarstersomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
Finnish aseistakieltäytyjä
- aseistakieltäytyjäsomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
French objecteur de conscience, objectrice de conscience
- objecteur de consciencesomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- objectrice de consciencesomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
German Dienstverweigerer, Wehrdienstverweigerer
- Dienstverweigerersomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- Wehrdienstverweigerersomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- Wehrdienstverweigererinsomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- Wehrdienstverweigerinsomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- Kriegsdienstverweigerersomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- Kriegsdienstverweigererinsomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- Kriegsdienstverweigerinsomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
Greek αντιρρησίας συνείδησης
- αντιρρησίας συνείδησης (antirrisías syneídisis)someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
Icelandic samviskumótmælandi
- samviskumótmælandisomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
Italian obiettore di coscienza, obiettrice di coscienza
- obiettore di coscienzasomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- obiettrice di coscienzasomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
Japanese 良心的兵役拒否者
- 良心的兵役拒否者 (ryōshintekiheiekikyohisha)someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
Korean 양심적 병역거부자
- 양심적 병역거부자 (yangsimjeok byeong'yeokgeobuja)someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
Polish obdżektor
- obdżektorsomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
Portuguese objetor de consciência, objetora de consciência
- objetor de consciênciasomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- objetora de consciênciasomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- objector de consciênciasomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- objectora de consciênciasomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
Russian отка́зывающийся от призы́ва в а́рмию по убежде́нию, отка́зник
- отка́зывающийся от призы́ва в а́рмию по убежде́нию (otkázyvajuščijsja ot prizýva v ármiju po ubeždéniju)someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- отка́зник (otkáznik)someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- отка́зница (otkáznica)someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- отка́зчик (otkázčik)someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- отка́зчица (otkázčica)someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
Spanish objetor de conciencia, objetora de conciencia
- objetor de concienciasomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- objetora de concienciasomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
Swedish vapenvägrare
- vapenvägraresomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
Turkish vicdanî retçi
- vicdanî retçisomeone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
Ukrainian відмо́вник, відмо́вниця
- відмо́вник (vidmóvnyk)someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
- відмо́вниця (vidmóvnycja)someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
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conscientious objector. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conscientious%20objector
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“conscientious objector.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conscientious%20objector. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conscientious objector,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conscientious%20objector.
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