conscientious objector

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• General-American: /ˌkɑnʃiˈɛnʃəs əbˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/
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No etymology was provided for this word.

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: адмо́ўнік (admównik) — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Belarusian: адмо́ўніца (admównica) — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Catalan: objector de consciència — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Catalan: objectora de consciència — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Chinese Mandarin: 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 — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Dutch: gewetensbezwaarde — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Dutch: dienstweigeraar — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Dutch: dienstweigeraarster — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Finnish: aseistakieltäytyjä — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• French: objecteur de conscience — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• French: objectrice de conscience — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• German: Dienstverweigerer — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• German: Wehrdienstverweigerer — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• German: Wehrdienstverweigererin — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• German: Wehrdienstverweigerin — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• German: Kriegsdienstverweigerer — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• German: Kriegsdienstverweigererin — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• German: Kriegsdienstverweigerin — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Greek: αντιρρησίας συνείδησης (antirrisías syneídisis) — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Icelandic: samviskumótmælandi — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Italian: obiettore di coscienza — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Italian: obiettrice di coscienza — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Japanese: 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 (yangsimjeok byeong'yeokgeobuja) — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Plautdietsch: Wäaloosa — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Polish: obdżektor — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Portuguese: objetor de consciência — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Portuguese: objetora de consciência — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Portuguese: objector de consciência — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Portuguese: objectora de consciência — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Russian: 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
• Russian: отка́зник (otkáznik) — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Russian: отка́зница (otkáznica) — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Russian: отка́зчик (otkázčik) — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Russian: отка́зчица (otkázčica) — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Spanish: objetor de conciencia — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Spanish: objetora de conciencia — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Swedish: vapenvägrare — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Turkish: vicdanî retçi — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Ukrainian: відмо́вник (vidmóvnyk) — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles
• Ukrainian: відмо́вниця (vidmóvnycja) — someone refusing to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles