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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

enforcement n 1: the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "enforcement": carrying out, coaction, completion, compulsion, compulsiveness, constraint, discharge, effectuation, execution, forcing, fulfillment, inevitability, irresistibility, necessity, obligation, obligement, observance, prosecution, restraint, transaction