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Word: Conscription
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (in sense ‘written record or document’): from Latin conscriptio(n-) ‘written record, account’, in late Latin ‘levying of troops’, from Latin conscribere ‘write down together, enrol’, from con- ‘together’ + scribere ‘write’. Military conscription was introduced in France in 1798
kənˈskrɪpʃn
compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces
Short Definition:compulsory enlistment for state service
Examples:- conscription was extended to married men
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