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.
© Webster 1913.