• Conscription

    Origin

    From Middle French conscription, from Latin cōnscrīptiō ("levying of troops").

    Full definition of conscription

    Noun

    conscription

    (countable and uncountable; plural conscriptions)
    1. involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority
    2. An enrolling or registering.
      • Bishop BurnetThe conscription of men of war.
    © Wiktionary