enforcement
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French enforcement, see enforce + -ment.
Noun
enforcement (usually uncountable, plural enforcements)
- The act of enforcing; compulsion.
- A giving force to; a putting in execution.
- That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.
Translations
act of enforcing; compulsion
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giving force to; a putting in execution
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that which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied
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See also
- enforcement authority
References
- enforcement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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