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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