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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

carrying out, coaction, completion, compulsion, compulsiveness, constraint, discharge, effectuation, execution, forcing, fulfillment, inevitability, irresistibility, necessity, obligation, obligement, observance, prosecution, restraint, transaction

Dictionary Results for enforcement:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

enforcement
    n 1: the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience
         to

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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