At first his thinking was "is justice more important than a person's live" and with that thought he refuse to fight.
You should try to find a way through by refusing to fight and doing whatever the law requires.
The professor refuses to fight the charges, holding out until he can air his case to the entire nation.
As a result, many soldiers were refusing to fight, he said.
He raised his arms to defend himself but refused to fight back.
Because of personal or religious convictions, they refused to fight.
Why had he refused to fight so obvious a threat?
"Heavy would be the responsibility of those who refused to fight it."
His guests wouldn't like it and the men might even refuse to fight.
Oh, not to such fear that they would refuse to fight.