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non-conscription

non-conscription is the alternative form of nonconscription.

Meaning of nonconscription

Noun

nonconscription (uncountable)

  1. Exemption from conscription.
    • An agreement on the "deferral" from army service or nonconscription of a certain number of yeshiva students was reached soon after the establishment of the state, when about 400 haredim were of the age of conscription.2011, Stephen Sharot, Comparative Perspectives on Judaisms and Jewish Identities, →ISBN
  2. Failure to serve in the military.
    • Marriage, pregnancy, and motherhood, however, are grounds for compulsory nonconscription for women while religious conviction is grounds for voluntary nonconscription.1993, Leonore Loeb Adler, International handbook on gender roles, page 151

Questions about non-conscription

What is non-conscription the alternative form of?
Non-conscription is the alternative form of nonconscription.

Words near non-conscription in the dictionary

  1. non-conformity
  2. non-confrontational
  3. non-conjunctive
  4. non-connotative
  5. non-cons
  6. non-conscription
  7. non-consensual
  8. non-consensually
  9. non-consent
  10. non-const
  11. non-constituent

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