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conscription

[kuhn-skrip-shuhn]

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.



conscription

/ əˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. compulsory military service

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Other Word Forms

  • conscriptional adjective
  • anticonscription noun
  • nonconscription noun
  • proconscription adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of conscription1

First recorded in 1350–1400 for earlier sense “piece of writing”; 1795–1805 for current senses; Middle English conscripcioun, from Latin DzԲīپō-, stem of DzԲīپō “composition, written record, levy of troops,” equivalent to conscript + -ion
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"Here, the 'art' enters the service of Marxist propaganda for conscientious objection," the catalog essay continued, referring to the practice of resisting conscription on moral grounds, even under threat of punishment by the state.

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Some governments have now introduced some form of conscription.

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Traffic dried up, and to escape conscription into the Confederate Army, Twain headed west with his brother Orion to the Nevada territory.

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But she was not to allowed to travel with her two other daughters at the time as they were older and nearer the age of conscription.

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In one of the more heart-breaking scenes, actress Vivian divulges that she fled to Ethiopia from Eritrea, a neighbouring country that enforces indefinite military conscription for all able-bodied citizens.

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