enforcement
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enforcement
- /ɪnˈfɔːsm(ə)nt/ UK
- /ɛn-/ UK
- /ɪnˈfoɹsm(ə)nt/ US
- /ɛn-/ US
Where it comes from
From Old French enforcement, see enforce + -ment.
noun enforcements · inforcement
- The act of enforcing; compulsion. [M]en lyued ſimplye and innocentlye without inforcement of lawes, without quarellinge Judges and libelles, contente onely to ſatiſfie nature, without further vexation for knowledge of thinges to come.
- A giving force to; a putting in execution.
- That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.
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Closest in meaning: coercion, coercive, imposition, forced, duress, crackdown, achievement, punishment, achieving, penalty, attainment, accomplishment, control, facilitative, submitting, execution
Translations
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noun act of enforcing; compulsion
| Español | enforzamiento |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | प्रवर्तन pravartan |
| Português | aplicação, cumprimento, coerção, imposição, observação, execução |
| Deutsch | Vollstreckung, Durchsetzung |
| Italiano | applicazione, imposizione, attuazione, compimento, esecuzione, rispetto |
| Русский | принужде́ние prinuždénije |
noun giving force to; a putting in execution
| Deutsch | Vollstreckung, Durchsetzung |
|---|---|
| Русский | осуществле́ние osuščestvlénije, исполне́ние ispolnénije |
noun that which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied
| Русский | правопримене́ние pravoprimenénije |
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title = {enforcement},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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