noun
- Compulsory enrollment, especially for the armed forces; draft.
- A monetary payment exacted by a government in wartime.
conscription
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural conscriptions)
- involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority
- An enrolling or registering.
Origin
From Middle French conscription, from Latin cÅnscrÄ«ptiÅ (“levying of troops").
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