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Conscription

//kənˈskɹɪpʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    compulsory military service wordnet
  3. 3
    An enrolling or registering. countable, uncountable

    "conscription of men of war"

Etymology

From Middle French conscription, from Latin cōnscriptiō (“levying of troops”).

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