Definition of "enlistments" [enlistments]

• Plural form of enlistment. (noun)

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• "Washington was confronted with “the great and radical evil which pervades our whole system . . . like an axe at the tree of our safety, interest and liberty”—the short-term enlistments of his soldiers."
• "We did win administration approval for a plan to encourage short-term enlistments in the military in exchange for education benefits, and to begin funding national-service programs that help communities with their homeland-security challenges."
• "Even in that plight Washington refused to fall back on the policy of short-term enlistments."