enforcement

English

Alternative forms

• inforcement

Etymology

enforce +‎ -ment

Noun

Wikipedia enforcement (usually uncountable; plural enforcements)

1. The act of enforcing; compulsion.
2. A giving force to; a putting in execution.
3. That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.

Translations

act of enforcing; compulsion

Bulgarian: принуда (bg) f. Dutch: handhaving (nl) f. Esperanto: eldevigo (eo) Finnish: täytäntöönpano (fi)

Portuguese: aplicação (pt) f., cumprimento (pt) m., coerção (pt) f., imposição (pt) f., observação (pt) f., execução (pt) f. Spanish: compulsión (es) f., coerción (es) f.

giving force to; a putting in execution

Bulgarian: изпълнение (bg) n. Finnish: täytäntöönpano (fi), toimeenpano (fi)

Spanish: ejecución (es) f., aplicación (es) f.

that which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied

See also

• enforcement authority

References

• enforcement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913