conscription
Compulsory military enrollment
Conscription is compulsory military service—the government's power to require citizens to serve in the armed forces.
Countries institute conscription during wartime or maintain it permanently.
The term often carries negative connotations that voluntary enlistment doesn't: He fled to Canada to avoid conscription.
Also called the draft.
Randomized prize distribution
- selectionChosen item or items
- summonsFormal court notification
- call-upOrder to serve
- noticeBecome aware of
draftee · registrant · exemption · deferment · induction · ballot · quota · pool
Required moral task
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- compulsoryRequired, not optional
involuntary · forced · mandatory · burden · liability · onus · coercion · compliance
Organized land-based military
- navyMaritime military force
- airforceAerial military branch
- marinesNaval infantry soldiers
- infantryGround combat troops
troops · soldiers · battalion · regiment · division · platoon · squadron · brigade
Organizing for action
- manpowerAvailable labor force
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- theaterVenue for live drama
combat · enlistment · volunteers · reserves · rationing · propaganda · emergency · conflict
lottery
Randomized prize distribution
notice · draftee · registrant · exemption · deferment · induction · ballot · quota · pool · eligible
duty
Required moral task
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
compulsory · involuntary · forced · mandatory · burden · liability · onus · coercion · compliance · evasion
army
Organized land-based military
infantry · troops · soldiers · battalion · regiment · division · platoon · squadron · brigade · corps
mobilization
Organizing for action
- manpowerAvailable labor force
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
theater · combat · enlistment · volunteers · reserves · rationing · propaganda · emergency · conflict · world-war
evasion
Act of escaping detection
- desertionUnlawful abandonment of duty
- exileBanishment from homeland
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
protest · dissent · pacifism · refusal · underground · flight · Canada · tribunal · non-combatant · Quaker
- WWItrenches, no man's land, no mans land, trench warfare, armistice
- military enlistmentenlistment, recruit, enlisted, induction, recruits
- military servicemilitary service, active duty, deployment, tour of duty, combat duty
- royal decreesroyal decree, royal decrees, decree, decrees, royal edict
- World War Itrenches, trench warfare, eastern front, Western Front, soldiers
- defense readinessDEFCON, mobilization, deployment, standby, rapid response
conscriptionvolunteering
Giving service without pay
voluntary enlistment · professional army · enlistment · voluntary service · volunteer service
conscriptiondemobilization
Ending wartime military readiness
discharge · dismissal · mustering out · decommissioning · retirement
conscriptiondraft resistance
Opposition to mandatory military service
conscientious objection · pacifism · draft evasion · draft dodging · war resistance
- military conscriptionMandatory enlistment in forces
- universal conscriptionRequired military duty for all
- conscription papersMandatory military service notice