'Enforcement' definitions:

Definition of 'enforcement'

(from WordNet)
noun
The act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to

Definition of 'Enforcement'

From: GCIDE
  • Enforcement \En*force"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. enforcement.]
  • 1. The act of enforcing; compulsion. [1913 Webster]
  • He that contendeth against these enforcements may easily master or resist them. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
  • Confess 't was hers, and by what rough enforcement You got it from her. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A giving force to; a putting in execution. [1913 Webster]
  • Enforcement of strict military discipline. --Palfrey. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied. [1913 Webster]
  • The rewards and punishment of another life, which the Almighty has established as the enforcements of his law. --Locke. [1913 Webster]