conscription
pronunciation
How to pronounce conscription in British English:
UK [kənˈskrɪpʃn]
How to pronounce conscription in American English:
US [kənˈskrɪpʃən]
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- Noun:
- compulsory military service
Word Origin
- conscription (n.)
- late 14c., "a putting in writing," from Middle French conscription, from Latin conscriptionem (nominative conscriptio) "a drawing up of a list, enrollment, a levying of soldiers," from conscribere "to enroll," from com- "with" (see com-) + scribere "to write" (see script (n.)). Meaning "enlistment of soldiers" is from 1520s; the sense "compulsory enlistment for military service" (1800) is traceable to the French Republic act of Sept. 5, 1798. Technically, a conscription is the enrollment of a fixed number by lot, with options of providing a substitute.
Example
- 1. The cdu leadership has agreed to end conscription .
- 2. In israel , thanks to conscription , most job applicants have tackled real obstacle courses .
- 3. Cutting conscription back to six months may be a prelude to dispensing with it altogether .
- 4. This month germany suspended military conscription and its civilian counterpart , community service .
- 5. Some former army generals who served during the conscription years that ended in 1992 welcomed it .