En-fōrçe'ment, n.

noun

n. 1. The act of enforcing; compulsion; restraint; force.

He that contendeth against these enforcements may easily master them. Raleigh.

Sense 2. A giving force to; a putting in execution. “Enforcement of strict military discipline.” Palfrey.

Sense 3. That which enforces, constrains, gives force, authority, or effect to.

The rewards and punishments of another life, which the Almighty has established as the enforcements of his law. Locke.