'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]
Synonyms of 'enforcement'
From: Moby Thesaurus
Words containing 'Enforcement'
- Enforce,
- Enforceable,
- Enforced,
- Enforcedly,
- Enforcer,
- Enforcible,
- Enforcing,
- Enforcive,
- Enforcively,
- law enforcement,
- Re-enforce,
- drug enforcement administration,
- drug enforcement agency,
- law enforcement agency,
- european law enforcement organisation,
- financial crimes enforcement network,
- international law enforcement agency,
- federal law enforcement training center