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enforcement |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: enforcement n : the act of enforcing
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