Definitions for: Conscription

[n] compulsory military service

Webster (1913) Definition: Con*scrip"tion, n. [L. conscriptio: cf. F.
conscription.]
1. An enrolling or registering.

The conscription of men of war. --Bp. Burnet.

2. A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval
service; a draft.

Con*scrip"tion, a.
Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration.

Synonyms: draft, muster, selective service

See Also: levy, levy en masse, militarisation, militarization, mobilisation, mobilization

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