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Enforcement

//ɪnˈfɔːsm(ə)nt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of enforcing; compulsion. uncountable, usually

    "[M]en lyued ſimplye and innocentlye without inforcement of lawes, without quarellinge Judges and libelles, contente onely to ſatiſfie nature, without further vexation for knowledge of thinges to come."

  2. 2
    the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to wordnet
  3. 3
    A giving force to; a putting in execution. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied. uncountable, usually

Etymology

From Old French enforcement, see enforce + -ment.

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