conscription

[ kuhn-skrip-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. compulsory enrollment of persons for military or naval service; draft.

  2. a compulsory contribution of money to a government during a time of war.

Origin of conscription

1
First recorded in 1350–1400 for earlier sense “piece of writing”; 1795–1805 for current senses; Middle English conscripcioun, from Latin conscrīptiōn-, stem of conscrīptiō “composition, written record, levy of troops,” equivalent to conscript + -ion

Other words from conscription

  • con·scrip·tion·al, adjective
  • an·ti·con·scrip·tion, noun
  • non·con·scrip·tion, noun
  • pro·con·scrip·tion, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for conscription

conscription

/ (kənˈskrɪpʃən) /


noun
  1. compulsory military service

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