enforcement Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to

WordNet

En*force"ment noun
Etymology
Cf. OF. enforcement.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913