Nonconscription
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Exemption from conscription. uncountable
"An agreement on the "deferral" from army service or nonconscription of a certain number of yeshiva students was reached soon after the establishment of the state, when about 400 haredim were of the age of conscription."
- 2 Failure to serve in the military. uncountable
"Marriage, pregnancy, and motherhood, however, are grounds for compulsory nonconscription for women while religious conviction is grounds for voluntary nonconscription."
Example
More examples"An agreement on the "deferral" from army service or nonconscription of a certain number of yeshiva students was reached soon after the establishment of the state, when about 400 haredim were of the age of conscription."
Etymology
From non- + conscription.
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