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 Translation for 'conscientious objector' from English to French
NOUN   a conscientious objector | conscientious objectors
SYNO CO | conscientious objector
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objecteur {m} de conscience
conscientious objector
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objectrice {f} de conscience
conscientious objector [female]
scrupuleux {adj} [conscience]conscientious
consciencieux {adj}conscientious
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objection {f} de conscience
conscientious objection
personne {f} consciencieuse [masculine et féminine]conscientious person
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Usage Examples English
  • At the outbreak of World War II he considered registering as a conscientious objector but changed mind following retreat from Dunkirk in 1940 and enlisted in the Corps of Military Police, later transferring to the Intelligence Corps to work in code-breaking.
  • In March 1942, Ayres was identified as a 4E conscientious objector and sent to a CO camp.
  • In November 1940 he had formalised his pacifism by joining the Peace Pledge Union and applying for registration as a conscientious objector.
  • During the First World War, Strachey applied for recognition as a conscientious objector, but in the event he was granted exemption from military service on health grounds.
  • As an alumnus of a Quaker-affiliated college, he avoided military service during the Vietnam War by registering as a religious conscientious objector.

  • During the First World War he served as a conscientious objector.
  • A conscientious objector (often shortened to conchie) is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion.
  • Malick's next film, "A Hidden Life", depicted the life of Austria's Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector during World War II who was put to death at the age of 36 for undermining military actions, and was later declared a martyr and beatified by the Catholic Church.
  • The group was funded by European countries, Austria also provided a conscientious objector performing community service.
  • He registered as a conscientious objector during World War II (causing his family to break with him for many years) but his tribunal did not exempt him on the requirement to do non-combatant military service, which he also refused to perform.

  • When asked to serve in the army, he refused as a conscientious objector.
  • After lottery, one can become a conscientious objector.
  • On the introduction of military conscription in 1916, he applied for exemption as a conscientious objector, which was effectively granted conditional upon continuing his government work.
  • Cooper, of California, who applied for conscientious objector status in 1969.
  • "Hacksaw Ridge" depicts the life of Adventist conscientious objector and Medal of Honor recipient Desmond Doss.

  • Maximilian of Tebessa was a Christian conscientious objector. He was killed for refusing to be conscripted.
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