military service

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Noun

military service (uncountable)

  1. Service in an army or other military organisation, whether as a chosen job (volunteering) or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription).
    Synonym: service (elliptically synonymous)
    Antonym: non-military service
    Hypernyms: national service < public service
    Hyponym: knight service
    The virtues of national service, including military service, were extolled in the evening's presentations.

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