mandatory service
Required civic obligation
Mandatory service is compulsory work required by law or regulation, typically referring to military conscription or civilian national service programs.
Many countries require young adults to complete a period of mandatory service: Israel requires mandatory service for most citizens at age 18.
The term also applies to court-ordered community service or required professional duties.
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- military draftCompulsory recruitment for armed forces
- recruitNew member sought
- jury dutyRequired courtroom participation
- call-upOrder to serve
duty · draft · draft notice · reserve duty · coercion · draft board · tax compliance · enlistment · active duty · conscientious objector · medical residency · mandatory minimum · induction · draft registration · drill · march · tour · lottery
- conscriptionconscription, conscript, conscripts, draftee, draftees
- military serviceactive duty, deployment, tour of duty, combat duty, enlistment
- military enlistmentenlistment, recruit, enlisted, induction, recruits
mandatory servicevolunteer work
Freely given service
voluntary service · volunteering · pro bono work · charitable work · volunteer labor