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conscription
[kuhn-skrip-shuhn]
noun
compulsory enrollment of persons for military or naval service; draft.
a compulsory contribution of money to a government during a time of war.
conscription
/ əˈɪʃə /
noun
compulsory military service
Other Word Forms
- conscriptional adjective
- anticonscription noun
- nonconscription noun
- proconscription adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of conscription1
Example Sentences
"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.
Some governments have now introduced some form of conscription.
Traffic dried up, and to escape conscription into the Confederate Army, Twain headed west with his brother Orion to the Nevada territory.
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.
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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