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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Enforcement \En*force"ment\, noun [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) 2.0 [wn]:
enforcement
noun: the act of enforcing; insuring observance of or obedience to
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "enforcement": carrying out, coaction, completion, compulsion, compulsiveness, constraint, discharge, effectuation, execution, forcing, fulfillment, inevitability, irresistibility, necessity, obligation, obligement, observance, prosecution, restraint, transaction
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