Look up: conscription

1. conscription
   [n] - compulsory military service
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2. Conscription
   In January 1916, Parliament passed the first conscription laws (compulsory enrollment) ever passed in Britain. At first only single men and childless widowers aged 18 to 41 were called up. By 1918 compulsory service had been extended to include all men aged 18 to 51. More than 2.3 million conscripts...
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3. conscription
   Legislation for all able-bodied male citizens (and female in some countries, such as Israel) to serve with the armed forces. It originated in France in 1792, and in the 19th and 20th centuries...
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4. conscription
   making people join and serve in the armed forces by law
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5. Conscription
   Con·scrip'tion noun [ Latin conscriptio : confer French 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.
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6. Conscription
   Con·scrip'tion adjective Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration.
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7. conscription
   muster noun compulsory military service
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8. Conscription
   • (n.) An enrolling or registering. • (n.) A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval service; a draft. • (a.) Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration.
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9. conscription
   compulsory enrollment for service in a country`s armed forces. It has existed at least from the time of the Egyptian Old Kingdom (27th century ), but ... [18 related articles]
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10. conscription
    conscription Obligatory enrollment of citizens for a period of service, usually in the armed forces.
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11. conscription
    conscription, compulsory enrollment of personnel for service in the armed forces. Obligatory service in the armed forces has existed since ancient times in many cultures, including the samurai in Japan, warriors in the Aztec Empire, citizen militiamen in ancient Greece and Rome, and aristocrats and ...
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12. Conscription
    Conscription is the enlisting of the inhabitants of a country capable of bearing arms, by a compulsory levy, at the pleasure of the government, being thus distinguished from recruiting, or voluntary enlistment. It was introduced by Napoleon in 1798 by a law which declared that every Frenchman was a ...
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13. conscription
    Legislation for all able-bodied male citizens (and female in some countries, such as Israel) to serve with the armed forces. It originated in France in 1792, and in the 19th and 20th centuries became the established practice in almost all European states. Modern conscription systems often permit alternative national service for conscientious ob...
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14. Conscription
    System where able-bodied men between certain ages were called up for military service
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15. conscription
    Compulsory enrolment in the armed services.
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16. conscription
    the draft. Mandatory enrollment in the military.
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17. Conscription
    `Conscription` is the compulsory enrollment of people to some sort of national service, most often publisher= Merriam-Webster Online -->--> Conscription dates back to antiquity and continues in some countries to the present day under various names. The modern system of near-universal national conscr...
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