Just what do you mean when you call someone a "conservative"?

In a recent thread, a jelly referred to me (with clear disdain) as a “conservative”.
My friends and family would find this interesting.

I am an unabashed atheist.
I don’t care if women have abortions.
I don’t care if gay couples get legal recognition of their committment.
Although I have heard Rush Limbaugh say things that are funny, he is an epistemological intrinsicist, which is no better than the subjectivists that he ridicules.
I voted only once for young George Bush, and though I really did not dislike him, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Richard Perle and the other neo-cons around him were clearly a problem.
No one to date has come up with a social organization without government and taxes, and I accept both.

Maybe it is because I volunteered to to serve in the military, but I would protest against involuntary conscription.

I contribute to charity, because I have empathy for the poor and disabled.
I think it is OK to regulate where local banks can invest my money.

So I don’t think the “label” applies to me, and neither to my friends and family.
What does the label “conservative” mean to you.