conscription

Definition of conscription

Nouns

compulsory military service
Synonyms:
draft, muster, selective service
Types:
levy, levy en masse
the act of drafting into military service
Type of:
militarisation, militarization, mobilisation, mobilization
act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops"

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