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Noun: conscription  kun'skrip-shun
  1. (military) compulsory military service
    "The country reintroduced conscription during the war";
    - muster, draft, selective service

Derived forms: conscriptions

Type of: militarisation [Brit], militarization, mobilisation [Brit], mobilization

Encyclopedia: Conscription