单词 | conscientious objection |
释义 | > as lemmasconscientious objection conscientious objection n. (a) an objection on the grounds of conscience to complying with a requirement (also with to); spec. a principled objection to serving in the armed forces; (b) refusal to comply with a requirement, spec. to serve in the armed forces, on the grounds of conscience (also with to). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [noun] > pacifism as a principle conscientious objection1863 pacifism1902 pacificism1908 war resistance1932 1790 Brit. Mercury 12 June 338 He would never have served the offfice of Sheriff of Bedford, having a conscientious objection as a Dissenter against receiving the Sacrament, in the Church of England. 1826 R. Aspland in Services at Ordination Rev. R. Brook, Aspland, M.A. 67 I can enter into the sense and spirit of that Dissent which consists in conscientious objection to the imposition of ceremonies, in themselves indifferent, which are not of Divine ordination. 1844 Baptist Mag. 36 621/2 Why do you not, for the sake of union, cease from your sprinkling, and submit to immersion, to which you acknowledge you have no conscientious objection? 1863 Official Rec. 12 Mar. in War of Rebellion CXXIV. 64 In view of the late law of Congress compelling a compliance with military service, by all irrespective of conscientious objections, [etc.]. 1873 ‘M. Twain’ Gilded Age liv. 489 Have you any conscientious objections to capital punishment? 1911 Official Yearbk. Commonw. Austral. 4 xxx. 1124 All infants in Tasmania are nominally required, under the Vaccination Act 1898, to be vaccinated before the age of 12 months, unless either (a) a statutory declaration of conscientious objection is made, or (b) a medical certificate of unfitness is received. 1916 A. Huxley Let. 10 Mar. (1969) 93 He came before the tribunal the other day to apply for exemption on the grounds of conscientious objection to war. 1932 A. Huxley Brave New World iii. 57 Conscientious objection on an enormous scale. 1968 tr. U. Scheuner in A. H. Robertson Human Rights in National & Internat. Law vi. 255 A farmer refused to join the State Association of cattle-owners for the suppression of tuberculosis in cattle, pleading conscientious objections as the member of a church which was against the imposition of legal obligations on farmers. 2005 H. Caulfield Accountability xi. 158 The reaction to termination has been a matter of conscientious objection of such importance that this is now recognised in legislation which carries over into employment practice. < as lemmas |
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