About The Word Enforcement
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Enforcement
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What's The Definition Of Enforcement?
[n] the act of enforcing
Synonyms | Synonyms for Enforcement: Related Terms | Find terms related to Enforcement: carrying out | coaction | completion | compulsion | compulsiveness | constraint | discharge | effectuation | execution | forcing | fulfillment | inevitability | irresistibility | necessity | obligation | obligement | observance | prosecution | restraint | transaction See Also | carrying out | coercion | execution | implementation | imposition | infliction | law enforcement | social control Enforcement In Webster's Dictionary \En*force"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. enforcement.]
1. The act of enforcing; compulsion.
He that contendeth against these enforcements may
easily master or resist them. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
Confess 't was hers, and by what rough enforcement
You got it from her. --Shak.
2. A giving force to; a putting in execution.
Enforcement of strict military discipline.
--Palfrey.
3. That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority,
or effect to; constraint; force applied.
The rewards and punishment of another life, which
the Almighty has established as the enforcements of
his law. --Locke.
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