Conscription - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Conscription :  (noun)

1: compulsory military service [syn: muster, draft, selective service]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Conscription : \Con*scrip"tion\, n. [L. conscriptio: cf. F. conscription.] 1. An enrolling or registering.

The conscription of men of war. --Bp. Burnet.

2. A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval service; a draft.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Conscription : \Con*scrip"tion\, a. Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Conscription

ilovecatsnstuff: #omgfacts During Conscription for WWII, there were nine documented cases of men with three testicles.
eddieishere: Watching this week, Andrew Neil just mentioned the word Conscription while talking about the war in Afghanistan... Ahhh lol
Tammi224: @iLOLLatYOU but that really happened didn't it? Some of them didn't want to kill the Jews it was cause of Conscription.
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