Hypertext Webster Gateway: "enforcement"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Enforcement \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

enforcement
n : the act of enforcing


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