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.
