ENFO'RCEMENT, n. 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.