Enforcement \En*force"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. enforcement.]

1. The act of enforcing; compulsion.

He that contendeth against these enforcements may easily master or resist them. --Sir W. Raleigh.

Confess 't was hers, and by what rough enforcement You got it from her. --Shak.

2. A giving force to; a putting in execution.

Enforcement of strict military discipline. --Palfrey.

3. That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)