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conscription

noun

  1. compulsory enlistment into national or military service
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kənˈskɹɪpʃən/

noun

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

  1. Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.
  2. An enrolling or registering.

    conscription of men of war