Usually means: Mandatory military service for citizens.
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  19. conscription: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. conscription: FreeDictionary.org
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  24. conscription: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.
noun:  An enrolling or registering.

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