Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Conscription \Con*scrip"tion\, n. [L. conscriptio: cf. F.
   conscription.]
   1. An enrolling or registering.

            The conscription of men of war.       --Bp. Burnet.

   2. A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval
      service; a draft.

Conscription \Con*scrip"tion\, a.
   Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration.

Source : WordNet®

conscription
     n : compulsory military service [syn: {muster}, {draft}, {selective
         service}]