ENFO'RCEMENT, noun The act of enforcing; compulsion; force applied. 1. That which gives energy or effect; sanction. The penalties of law are enforcements. 2. Motive of conviction; urgent evidence. 3. Pressing exigence; that which urges or constrains. 4. In a general sense, any thing which compels or constrains; any thing which urges either the body or the mind. 5. A putting in execution; as the enforcement of law.
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