conscription

English

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

conscription (countable and uncountable, plural conscriptions)

involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority
An enrolling or registering.
- Bishop Burnet
  the conscription of men of war

involuntary labor, especially military service

Japanese: 徴兵 (ja) (ちょうへい, chōhei)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: karinė prievolė f
Maori: māperetanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: verneplikt m or f

Nynorsk: verneplikt f
Polish: pobór (pl) m
Portuguese: conscrição (pt) f, alistamento (pt) m
Russian: во́инская пови́нность f (vóinskaja povínnostʹ), призы́в (ru) m (prizýv), во́инская обя́занность (ru) f (vóinskaja objázannostʹ)
Slovene: nabor m, vpoklic m
Spanish: reclutamiento (es) m
Swedish: värnplikt (sv) c, utskrivning c

conscription f (plural conscriptions)

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