CONSCRIPTION

conscription, muster, draft, selective service

(noun) compulsory military service

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

conscription (countable and uncountable, plural conscriptions)

Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.

Synonym: draft

An enrolling or registering.

Source: Wiktionary


Con*scrip"tion, n. Etym: [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.

Definition: Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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