Definition of conscription Conscription

/kʌnskɹɪˈpʃʌn/ - [kunskripshun] - con•scrip•tion

We found 10 definitions of conscription from 7 different sources.

What does conscription mean?

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Noun Plural: conscriptions
conscription - compulsory military service
		muster, draft, selective service
		militarisation, militarization, mobilisation, mobilization act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops"
		armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

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Wiktionary

conscription (Noun)
involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.
conscription (Noun)
An enrolling or registering.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

conscription (n.)
An enrolling or registering.
conscription (n.)
A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval service; a draft.
conscription (a.)
Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

conscription
The compulsory enrolment of people to serve in a country's military, usually for a fixed period of time.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

conscription
Not only furnishes conscripts for the French army, but also levies a number of men who are compelled to serve afloat.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

conscription
A system of enrolling men for military service, which is in vogue in France and some other foreign countries. Voluntary enlistments being so very few, the compulsory system of keeping up the armies is deemed indispensable. An account is kept of all the youths who reach the age of 20 in one year, and out of these the number required for the army is drawn by lot.

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conscription, noun, singular of conscriptions.

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