enlistment

American  

[en-list-muhnt] / ɛnˈlɪst mənt /

noun

1. the period of time for which one is committed to military service.

2. an act of enlisting.

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Other Word Forms

• preenlistment noun

Etymology

Origin of enlistment

First recorded in 1740–50; enlist + -ment

Example Sentences

It also lowers enlistment quotas and facilitates exemptions for ultra-Orthodox men who study in religious seminaries known as yeshivas.

From Barron's

Among the American troops, there were mutinies and desertions and soldiers simply going home when their enlistment was up.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2022, it had more than twice the per capita military enlistment rate of the highest U.S. state, according to the Government Accountability Office.

From The Wall Street Journal

Acknowledge young Henry Kissinger’s physical courage, his enlistment as a young refugee in the American army, his willingness to risk his life in the battle to liberate Europe from Hitler.

From Salon

When Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863—declaring enslaved people in the rebellious states “forever free” and opening the Union Army to black enlistment—Douglass and other skeptics were electrified.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• enrollment
• recruitment